Ken Nakata, Author at Converge Accessibility

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Are Web Accessibility Lawsuits Slowing Down?

Recent Litigation Trend As many of you know, I keep a running feed in Lexis of new web accessibility lawsuits. Recently, I’ve noticed something very strange going on: web accessibility lawsuits have stopped. I’m not saying “slowed down.” Instead, it…

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Making Web Accessibility Easy

One Heck of a Webinar! As not that many people give webinars on the intersection of law and technology in web accessibility, my webinars have always been pretty popular. Typically, when I was at AppGate, I would get about 150…

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Unruh: It’s Not the ADA that’s the Big Concern in Web Accessibility

Thurston v. Fairfield Collectibles Back at the end of August, everything seemed so much more serene on the west coast. Here in Seattle, we were enjoying a brief but beautiful summer– unaware that in a few weeks we would be…

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Join Our Upcoming Webinar

Reserve Your Spot Now!! Join Us and 3PlayMedia For Our Joint Webinar(October 15 2PM Eastern) Our friends at 3PlayMedia, an industry leader in captioning services, are hosting a joint webinar in which I will be presenting on a lightweight but…

Online Accessibility Act: Review and Legal Analysis

It’s mid Sunday afternoon. It’s exactly the wrong time to send out a blog post. So why am I sending out this post? Because on Friday, a potential bombshell hit– a proposed law that rocks the web accessibility world in…

News Alert: Online Accessibility Act Introduced in Congress

News Flash: Online Accessibility Act This morning, my Lexis feed reported that a new bill was introduced on Thursday by Representatives Ted Budd, (R-N.C.) and Lou Correa, (D-Calif.) to clarify the ADA’s coverage of websites and mobile apps. Quoting Nation’s…

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Why Businesses Can Be Sued Anywhere Under the ADA for their Websites

Portions of the contents of this post was originally posted at ComplianceSheriff.com by the author. Video Overview Don’t feel like reading? Then just watch a short video clip instead! Scenario Your company is based in Seattle and sells T-shirts over…

Expert Witnesses in Web Accessibility Cases (Part 3)

Wrapping Up in this Post In this third post, I wanted to share some general thoughts on expert witnesses in web accessibility litigation. In part 1 of this series, I focused on how fragile expert witness reports can be under…

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Announcing WebAlign

Thousands of organizations are sued every year because their websites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. The ideal solution is to fully build accessibility principles into the development lifecycle, but few organizations ever reach this gold level standard of accessibility.…

Expert Witnesses in Web Accessibility Litigation (Part 2)

Expert Witnesses in Web Accessibility Cases (Part 2)

In my last post, I jumped right in to talking about how cases like Daubert and the Diaz affect expert witness testimony in web accessibility cases. This week, I’m going to step back a bit and talk a little more generally about…

Author: Ken Nakata

Author: Ken Nakata

Are Web Accessibility Lawsuits Slowing Down?

Making Web Accessibility Easy

Unruh: It’s Not the ADA that’s the Big Concern in Web Accessibility

Join Our Upcoming Webinar

Online Accessibility Act: Review and Legal Analysis

News Alert: Online Accessibility Act Introduced in Congress

Why Businesses Can Be Sued Anywhere Under the ADA for their Websites

Expert Witnesses in Web Accessibility Cases (Part 3)

Announcing WebAlign

Expert Witnesses in Web Accessibility Cases (Part 2)

Introduction

Author: Ken Nakata