In the last week, I’ve come across a few legal developments that, while they sound amazing, just seem to put us back in a place where common sense could have left us unperturbed. Section 508 and Orozco v. Garland First…
When Mootness Works and Fails in Web Accessibility Cases
At Converge, we work with a lot of attorneys who are representing companies that get sued for web accessibility. Most of them have the good sense to just settle their cases immediately—and then start making their sites accessible. This is…
Legal Update: April 2023
In terms of interesting cases, April offered a respite after a busy March. Thank goodness because other work at Converge has been going crazy! Purely Online Companies are Vulnerable to Lawsuits (Especially in New York) Okay, the headline here is…
Legal Update: March 2023
March started out slowly with hardly any cases, but then by the middle of the month, some interesting cases started showing up in my Lexis feed. All in all, I’d say it was one of the more interesting months in…
Legal Update: February 2023
At Converge Accessibility, our blog posts normally go out at 9:00am Pacific every Monday morning. This week, however, I held back until Wednesday so I could be sure to capture all of the cases that came in during the whole…
Legal Update: January 2023
This month, we have no cases to report on. Really. As far as I know, in the two and a half years that I have been writing these monthly legal updates, this is the first time that we have no…
Legal Update: December 2022
Happy New Year! Looking back over 2022, I’d say that, while district courts in some circuits (i.e. the Third Circuit and Second Circuit) continue bickering over whether the nexus requirement makes any sense in web accessibility cases, most of the…
Legal Update: November 2022
Happy belated International Day of Persons with Disabilities! Up here in Seattle, the weather was exquisitely sunny and crisp. This month, my Lexis feed churned out more nexus cases, as courts struggle with trying to make sense of what the…
U.S. Law and Web Accessibility
Overview Last week, Jeff posted about his presentation at Educause Annual Conference 2022 on behalf of AbleDocs. I also did a “live online” presentation at the same event. While I frequently give an update on web and digital accessibility, this one…
Legal Update: October 2022
Now That the Dust Has Settled, What is the Impact of the Winn-Dixie Decision? Quick Background on Winn-Dixie Few decisions have caused as much drama in web accessibility as Gil v. Winn-Dixie. Back in 2017, Judge Robert Scola from the…