A Supreme Court case about hotel websites could blow up much of US civil rights law::A case about hotel websites could blow up much of US civil rights law.
A Supreme Court case about hotel websites could blow up much of US civil rights law::A case about hotel websites could blow up much of US civil rights law.
The ADA issues at play in the lawsuit largely stem from ADA claims against websites.
It’s a real issue where some small business makes a non-ADA compliant website and gets shaken down by sketchy law firms that hire disabled people to be straw plaintiffs (AKA “testers”) to find websites that are in violation.
From the article:
So some small business has to fix their website that the “tester” never would have used on their own, and they have to pay the law firm that hired the tester’s legal fees too. And then the law firm pays the tester.
The ADA is a pre-internet rule, and its enforcement mechanism and regulations around have never been updated for the digital age, so scummy lawyers are making a killing off it.
For the record, the solution is easy: update the ADA like disability advocates have been calling for ages.
What’s wrong with forcing them to fix their website? Accessible websites are good for everyone.