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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years and this past month was no exception.
In fact, there were so many significant developments taking place during the past month that we were once again forced to expand our monthly summary well beyond the typical “Top 10” list. In order to make sure that you stay on top of the latest changes, here is a quick review of the Top 16 stories from last month that all employers need to know about:
On April 21, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that: i) a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act’s (FDCPA) prohibition against communicating with a.
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ADA Title III website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal courts in 2020 jumped a surprising 12% over 2019, in spite of a mid-year pandemic dip in filings.
The numbers are in for total website accessibility lawsuit filings in federal courts in 2020, and to our surprise they show a significant increase from 2019. The total number of lawsuits filed in federal courts alleging that plaintiffs with a disability could not use websites because they were not coded to work with assistive technologies like screen readers, or otherwise accessible to them, in 2020 was 2,523–almost 300 more than in 2019. While certainly not akin to the explosive 177% increase in these suits from 2017 to 2018, it is a meaningful increase over the relatively level 2018 and 2019 filing counts.
Seyfarth Synopsis:
ADA Title III website
accessibility lawsuits filed in federal courts in 2020 jumped a
surprising 12% over 2019, in spite of a mid-year pandemic dip in
filings.
The numbers are in for total website accessibility lawsuit
filings in federal courts in 2020, and to our surprise they show a
significant increase from 2019. The total number of lawsuits filed
in federal courts alleging that plaintiffs with a disability could
not use websites because they were not coded to work with assistive
technologies like screen readers, or otherwise accessible to them,
in 2020 was 2,523-almost 300 more than in 2019. While certainly not
akin to the explosive 177% increase in these suits from 2017 to
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To start with the headline, on April 21, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a debt collector sending personal identifying information to dunning letter vendors states a claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). To boot, an allegation that such activity occurred is sufficient to show a concrete injury conferring standing. Obviously, the decision will have far-reaching implications for the ARM industry and anyone in the debt collection space. A deeper dive on the decision
Hunstein v. Preferred Collection shows how.
Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc. sent data to Compumail, a third-party commercial mail vendor, concerning a debt owed by Richard Huntstein, including Huntstein’s name, his outstanding balance, the name of the original creditor, the fact that his debt resulted from Hunstein’s son’s medical treatment, and his son’s name. Compumail used the data to c