U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 24, 2019
Takeaways from cert denial in website accessibility suit
When Domino’s asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the 9th Circuit’s decision to allow a website accessibility case filed against it to move forward, the business community was hopeful that the Supreme Court would take the case and provide the guidance businesses have long-sought as to how Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to businesses’ websites.
Kristina M. Launey
Managing Partner, Sacramento
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
400 Capitol Mall #2350
Sacramento , CA 95814
Phone: (916) 448-0159
Email: klauney@seyfarth.com
Kristina is in the firm's Labor and Employment Department.
The astronomical number of website accessibility lawsuits filed over the past few years has been well-publicized as a version of "drive-by" physical accessibility lawsuits in the digital age. These lawsuits (not to mention thousands of demand letters) have proliferated for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the Obama Department of Justice's aggressive stance in forcing businesses to make their websites accessible, while at the same time making no progress...
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