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ADA Representation ADA Alert: ADA Compliance is par for the course

What you need to know for your golf course to comply with the new ADA Standards and how to avoid costly litigation or a DOJ investigation ADA Compliance is par for the course by Martin H. Orlick, Esq. | ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyer Do you remember when top pro golfer Casey Martin successfully sued […]

ADA Representation Movie, Concert, and Performing Arts Theaters Beware of Possible ADA Lawsuit: Should theaters provide personal hearing devices for Deaf and Hard of Hearing?

Movie, Concert, and Performing Arts Theaters Beware of Possible ADA LawsuitShould theaters provide personal hearing devices for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing? by Martin H. Orlick Read this in a PDF I was invited to be a co-panelist on KQED, San Francisco Bay Area’s leading public radio station. The program commemorated the 20th anniversary […]

ADA Representation ADA Alert: New Regulations Now in Effect

ADA Alert: New Regulations Now in Effect On July 23, 2010, the U.S. Attorney General signed into law important revisions to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)Regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act. The new regulations include substantial and far reaching revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG), which are now known as […]

ADA Representation and Global Hospitality Group® Mass-produced ADA litigation: Plaintiff and his lawyer sanctioned

Marty Orlick’s article, “Mass-produced ADA litigation: Plaintiff and his lawyer sanctioned. The end to sue-and-settle ‘drive bys’?” appeared in Hotel Online with an introduction by Jim Butler under the title, “Beleaguered Owners of Hotels, Restaurants May See the End to Serial ADA Cookie-cutter Lawsuits in California.” The article also appeared in Hotel News Resource. This […]

ADA Representation District Court Rules that Longer Benches in Accessible Dressing Rooms are ADA-Compliant

District Court Rules that Longer Benches in Accessible Dressing Rooms are ADA-Compliant In the last month, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California found that a 60 inch long fitting room bench in a wheelchair-accessible dressing room is an "equivalent facilitation" in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of […]

ADA Representation California Supreme Court Decision Could Lead to Increased ADA Litigation

On June 12, 2009, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Munson v. Del Taco, Inc. (S162818) that plaintiffs need not prove intentional discrimination to recover $4,000 minimum statutory damages per occurrence under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (the “Unruh Act”). This outcome is likely to lead to more lawsuits filed under the Americans with […]

JMBM Tax Newsletter: Equal Public Access or Access to Deep Pockets?

WHAT IS THE ADA? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is Civil Rights legislation passed by Congress in 1990 that is intended to prohibit discrimination based on disability. Title III of the ADA addresses barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from full and equal access to places of "public accommodation" and mandates the […]

ADA Representation, Global Hospitality Group® and Real Estate JMBM Focus: Changes to ADA Guidelines "On Hold" Pending a Regulatory Review by the Obama Administration

Marty Orlick’s article "Changes to ADA Guidelines ‘On Hold’ Pending a Regulatory Review by the Obama Administration" was published on February 20, 2009.

ADA Representation and Global Hospitality Group® JMBM Focus: U.S. Sues Five Manhattan Hotels for Violation of the ADA

As we noted in my Hotel Law Blog interview of January 6, 2009—ADA Sweeps by U.S. Department of Justice – Coming to a theater district or hotel near you soon?—the Department of Justice initiated the Times Square/Theater District ADA Compliance Sweep involving nearly 50 popular tourist hotels. For various reasons, some of these hotels’ owners […]

ADA Representation and Global Hospitality Group® JMBM Focus: Is your hotel ready for an ADA Class Action because visually impaired do not have accessibility?

Target Corporation was sued under the ADA for inaccessibility of its website We gave you an early heads up about how lawsuits brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can target your website or online reservation system . . . and what you should do about it now. Now there is much more. For […]