[nfbwatlk] [Wcb-l] Fwd: No more excuses: ADA alreday covers websites (andSection 504 too)

[Mike Freeman]

I doubt it. 

Mike Freeman


> On Jun 27, 2015, at 18:22, Debby Phillips via nfbwatlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> What's that old saying about, They came for the Communists, but I didn't speak up, because I wasn't one.  They came for....  Well, if we don't speak out about this whether it affects us or not, are we not allowing another disability group to be discriminated against? The question I have is this though: would they stand up with us if a website is not accessible for us?    Debby
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> Subject: [Wcb-l] Fwd: No more excuses: ADA alreday covers websites (andSection 504 too)
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> From: Lainey Feingold <LF at LFLegal.com
> Subject: No more excuses: ADA alreday covers websites (and Section 504 too)
> Date: June 25, 2015 at 6:11:52 PM PDT
> To: Lainey Feingold <LF at LFLEGAL.COM
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> Colleagues:
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> Today the U.S.  Department of Justice filed "Statements of Interest" in cases against Harvard and MIT filed by the National Association of the Deaf.  The lawsuits allege that the universities failed to caption online video content and that the failure violated the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitiation Act.  The DOJ documents support NAD's position.
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> The universities argued that the court should throw the cases out of court because the ADA and 504 don't cover websites.  The schools also argued that the court should wait for the Title III web regulations.  The DOJ couldn't have written a stronger brief (one in each case).  The ADA already covers websites.  There is no need to wait for regulations.
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> This is not the first time the DOJ has reminded us all that the ADA already covers websites, just the most recent.  For other DOJ activity, see the digital access legal update I wrote in March at: http://lflegal.com/2015/03/legal-update-csun15/ <http://lflegal.com/2015/03/legal-update-csun15/>.  Another update coming soon.
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> Here are the links to today's legal filings:
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> DOJ Statement of Interest in MIT case: http://1.usa.gov/1BFdCqs <http://1.usa.gov/1BFdCqs
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> DOJ Statement of Interest in Harvard case: http://1.usa.gov/1J8Edfl <http://1.usa.gov/1J8Edfl
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> Happy reading,  Lainey
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