Website Accessibility Suits Highlight Need For DOJ Rule

By David Baris and Lori Sommerfield (February 22, 2018, 11:13 AM EST) -- In January 2018, another round of litigation began hitting financial institutions alleging inaccessibility of websites for individuals with disabilities in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,[1] which prohibits public accommodations from discriminating on the basis of disability. Title III of the ADA explicitly includes banks in the definition of a "public accommodation,"[2] but plaintiffs counsel have argued that it should also apply to other types of financial institutions....

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