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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) provides that “[n]o individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation…” In Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., the Eleventh Circuit for the first time addressed whether websites are included under ADA Title III’s prohibition against discrimination on the basis of disability in places of public accommodati...

06/13/21 Judge David Langham When I finished the substantive work on this post, it occurred to me that the Valcourt-Williams case and the "arising out of" requirement are sorta' like a hurricane. Comedian Ron White describes a man who remained in the Keys during an evacuation. He said he was essentially proving his virility and bravery. Mr. White notes that "it isn't that the wind is blowin." No, "it's what the wind is blowin." He suggests that "if you get hit with a Volvo, it doesn't really matter how many sit ups you did that morning." Keep readin', I'll try to come back to this.

Why Should Maryland Businesses Care? Given the fast-paced advancement of web technology and the snail-paced advancement of law, businesses have struggled to comply with the ADA. Here are the statistics: Over the past three years, plaintiffs across the country have filed more than 10,000 lawsuits against businesses based on allegations that a website lacks accessibility features. In 2020, with more businesses making their services available online due to the pandemic, web accessibility lawsuits increased 23%. New York, California, and Florida, combined, account for 90% of the 2020 cases. Sure,...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: A website is not a “place of public accommodation” within the meaning of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal appeals court has held in a groundbreaking decision on disability discrimination. And an inaccessible website is not necessarily equal to the denial of goods or services. th Cir. Apr. 7, 2021). Website access class action lawsuits have proliferated in recent years. Businesses being sued have ranged from small “mom and pop” restaurants to Fortune 50 corporations. The surge began in 2016,...

The Eleventh Circuit recently issued a ruling that websites are not places of public accommodation, building upon decisions by other courts and deepening the divide among appellate...