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An important ADA sweep has been launched — a development involving the Americans with Disabilities Act — and there are important, cost-effective steps a prudent owner or operator can take now to solve unnecessary problems. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound a cure. ADA defense champ — 300 cases I recently caught up […]
On November 17, 2008, the United States Supreme Court let stand a key Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that a “serial plaintiff” and his attorney, who had filed more than 400 lawsuits against California businesses, could not file repeated Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) lawsuits against business owners without first obtaining court […]
Marty Orlick’s article, "Don’t Let Your Client’s Web Site Become Target of ADA Lawsuit," appears in the June 2007 issues of Commercial Property Management Insider and the Commercial Tenant’s Lease Insider.
Jim Butler and Marty Orlick co-authored an article titled, “How Hotel Swimming Pools May Spawn ADA Lawsuits And What To Do About It,” which was published by ehotelier.com.
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted by Congress in July 1990, the Internet was in its infancy and few, if any, considered its applicability to cyberspace. But a San Francisco Federal judge’s recent decision not to dismiss a discrimination case against retailer Target Corporation has brought the issue to the forefront. Believed […]
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted by Congress in July 1990, the Internet was in its infancy and few, if any, considered its applicability to cyberspace. But a San Francisco Federal judge’s recent decision not to dismiss a discrimination case against retailer Target Corporation has brought the issue to the forefront. Believed […]
In potentially one of the most important ADA decisions in years, the California state Court of Appeal ruled Thursday, October 26, 2006, in Gunther v. Lin, 415 F. Supp. 2d 1048, 2006, that ADA plaintiffs must plead and prove intentional discrimination in order to recover the $4,000 minimum civil penalty for each and every offense, […]
Despite the current proliferation of condo hotels, the Access Board’s newly proposed ADAAG technical requirements still include no specific mention of condo hotels, nor have we seen any state law that includes requirements for condo hotel accessibility. There is very limited judicial direction, as legal precedents regarding the ADA and condo hotels have not yet […]
Marty Orlick’s article "Courts Deal Blow to Plaintiffs’ Lawyers" was published on Hotel Online and the JMBM Global Hospitality Advisor in October 2005.
Who’s Crying "Woof"? This article was published by Hotel Online. What should you do when a guest brings a “seeing eye dog” to your “no pets” hotel? What if a guest claims that a monkey is a “service animal” to assist with some disability or to alert the guest to some danger (such as fire […]
