Disability News
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Does YOUR Website Have to be Accessible Under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
JD Supra
Is the internet a place of public accommodation: a virtual town hall or a virtual shopping mall or a virtual movie theater? Courts still struggle with that.
Physicalist courts say that the ADA requires...
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The ADA Celebrates its 25th Anniversary Next Year
Join United Spinal and the entire disability community in celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the landmark civil rights law that protects wheelchair users and other people with disabilities from discrimination. Join the celebration. -
Justrite Manufacturing Company to Pay $418,000
Justrite Manufacturing Company, a Mattoon, Ill.-based manufacturer of storage, handling and security products, will pay $418,000 to settle disability discrimination complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
The settlement results from a multi-year EEOC investigation which found that Justrite discriminated...
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When to File Employment Discrimination Claims in Federal Court
Law.com
When filing an employment discrimination lawsuit in Federal Court like the Western District of Pennsylvania, a thought typically crosses every attorney’s mind, which is what claims should be alleged in the Complaint?
The most common types of discrimination claims...
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Barbara L. Allan
1927-2014
Barbara Louise Allan, passed peacefully on November 7, 2014.
Barbara was born in Seattle in 1927, graduated from the University of Washington and was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority.
When architects in Washington needed information about accessible design, they called...
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Settlement Agreement: DC Trails Inc.
Man with service dog settles lawsuit against Minneapolis McDonald's
Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews
Andrew Tanick, the attorney for the McDonald’s, told the newspaper the agreement does include some requirements to make sure similar incidents won’t happen again.