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Accessibility Legal Cases
Archived articles and resources discussing particular legal cases relating to the accessibility of websites.
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- Accessibility Legal Cases - Archive
- Archived articles and resources about law and litigation relating to the accessibility of websites.
Added: 1 December 2005
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- Accessibility Legal Cases - Olympics - Archive
- Archived articles about the olympics legal case with regards to website accessibility.
Added: 21 December 2005
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- Accessibility Legal Cases - Southwest Airlines - Archive
- Archived articles about the Southwest Airlines legal case with regards to website accessibility.
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- Canadian Government Loses Milestone Web Access Case
- e-Access Bulletin Live, Tuesday, December 7th, 2010. "A blind accessibility consultant has won her case against the Canadian government for the lack of accessibility on its websites, the country's Federal Court has announced..."
Added: 8 December 2010;
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- Canada must make Web accessible to blind
- United Press International, November 29, 2010. "OTTAWA, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A blind woman has won a battle with the Canadian government, which has been ordered to make its Web sites accessible to the visually impaired, officials said..."
Added: 3 December 2010;
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- International Law – Jodhan vs Canadian Government
- By Tristan Parker. E-Access Bulletin Live, posted on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010. "It's fair to say that Canadian citizen Donna Jodhan knows a thing or two about accessibility. A specialist consultant in the field with more than 16 years' experience, her company has worked with numerous clients, including financial institutions and the University of Toronto. She has obtained Systems Engineering Certification from Microsoft and won various technical awards from IBM. So when Jodhan – herself legally classed as blind – brought a case against the Canadian Federal Government, stating that the lack of accessibility of its websites for blind and visually impaired Canadian citizens meant that her rights were being breached, she made a formidable opponent..."
Added: 25 November 2010;
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- Blind woman says federal websites discriminate against the visually impaired
- The Toronto Star, Sunday September 19, 2010. "Donna Jodhan was one of the first blind people in Canada to earn an MBA, in 1981, and one of the first in the world to obtain technical certifications from software companies Microsoft and Novell. So the Toronto accessibility consultant was shocked in 2004 when she had trouble applying for a position posted on the federal government's jobs website... On Tuesday, Jodhan will argue in federal court that her inability to apply for a position on the federal jobs website or complete the online version of the 2006 Census breached her equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms..."
Added: 20 September 2010;
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- Virgin Blue in court over website
- by Melissa Singer. The Age, January 19, 2009. "A Brisbane man is taking budget airline Virgin Blue to court over claims its website unfairly discriminates against people with visual impairments..."
Added: 20 January 2009;
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- Target lawsuit settled
- by Jared Smith. WebAIM Blog, August 27, 2008. "Target and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) have settled the lawsuit regarding accessibility of the Target.com web site..."
Added: 12 September 2008;
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- National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation
- Wikipedia, September 2006. "National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation is a current class action lawsuit in the United States that was filed in February 7, 2006 in California Superior Court. It is a controversial legal case that challenges whether the limitations that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 imposes on businesses must also apply to e-commerce websites. The plaintiff, National Federation of the Blind (NFB), is suing Target Corporation, a national retail chain, claiming that blind people are unable to access much of the information on the defendant's website, nor purchase anything from its website independently..."
Added: 25 September 2006;
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- Accessibility, Law and Target.com
- JimThatcher.com, 21 September 2006. "The web should be accessible to everyone. Access to the services, commerce and entertainment on the web is a civil right just as is access to the pathways, shopping or entertainment in physical spaces. Do laws support this idea that access to the web is a civil right that everyone can enjoy?..."
Added: 25 September 2006;
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- Court: Accessibility lawsuit against Target can proceed
- The suit claims that the retailer's Web site discriminates against blind patrons, by Carol Sliwa and Linda Rosencrance. Computerworld, September 8, 2006. "A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit filed against Minneapolis-based Target Corp. by the National Federation for the Blind (NFB) regarding the accessibility of the retailer's Web site can move forward. According to the NFB, the ruling sets a precedent establishing that retailers must make their Web sites accessible to the blind under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)..."
Added: 12 September 2006;
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- Target Corporation sued for discriminating against persons who are blind
- CCH Internet Research NetWork, 30 March 2006. "The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has filed a class action lawsuit in California's Alameda County Courthouse against Target Corporation, the nationwide discount retailer which operates more than 1,300 stores in 47 states. The suit --brought by the NFB, the NFB of California and Bruce "BJ" Sexton, a blind student going to school at the University of California Berkeley --alleges that Target's website violates the California Unruh Civil Rights Act and the California Disabled Persons Act because it is inaccessible to persons who are blind..."
Added: 31 March 2006;
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- Taking Aim at Target(.com)
- by Derek Fetherstone. Box of Chocolates, February 9, 2006. "With a name like Target, you would almost think they would have seen it coming, wouldn’t you? The US National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has brought legal action against Target corporation (a major US-based discount retailer which operates more than 1,300 stores in 47 states) because their web site is not accessible..."
Added: 20 February 2006;
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This category last updated: 16 December 2005
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