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National Association of the Deaf et al v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Case Number:
3:15-cv-30024
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Other
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
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March 27, 2020
Deaf Advocates Get Class Cert. For MIT Caption Deal
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday certified a settlement class of hearing-impaired individuals claiming the Massachusetts Institute of Technology denied them equal access to its website, after the university agreed last month to caption its online content.
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February 18, 2020
MIT Joins Harvard In Settling Deaf Bias Suit With Captioning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology plans to caption its online content and pay more than $1 million in attorney fees to hearing-impaired community advocates behind a proposed class action claiming the university denied the hearing impaired equal access to its website, according to a settlement outlined by the parties Tuesday.
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February 12, 2015
Deaf Advocates Sue Harvard, MIT For Better Webcast Captions
The National Association of the Deaf on Thursday slapped Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with putative class actions in Massachusetts federal court, accusing them of discriminating against deaf and hard-of-hearing people by not properly captioning their open online courses and other online content.