Digital access is a civil right, and there is a lot happening in the legal space. Court decisions, government agency activity, and private party settlements are defining best practices and the scope of digital accessibility requirements. Organizations across industries need to be aware of these developments to better understand their legal obligations. This webinar will be presented by Lainey Feingold, a nationally recognized disability rights lawyer and pioneer of Structured Negotiation known for negotiating landmark accessibility agreements. Lainey’s book, Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits, is now available from the American Bar Association (link in bio, below). Her presentation will analyze key cases, government agency activity, settlements, and other developments in digital accessibility through September 2016. This presentation will cover: Legal requirements impacting web accessibility Updates on major digital access court cases, regulations and settlements in 2016 How the law is impacting accessibility in fields as diverse as finance, education, voting, healthcare, employment, and transportation. U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education activity in digital access Best practices for digital accessibility as defined by major settlements The legal horizon for web and mobile accessibility

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2016 Legal Update on Digital
Accessibility Cases
Lainey Feingold
Disability Rights Lawyer
LFLegal
@lflegal
www.3playmedia.com
twitter: @3playmedia
live tweet: #a11y
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Lily Bond (Moderator)
3Play Media
Director of Marketing
lily@3playmedia.com

2. OLC Workshops of Interest to You
Special discounts available for OLC Members!
November 7 - 13, 2016 – Fundamentals: ADA and Web Accessibility
http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/workshops

3. Digital Accessibility
Legal Update
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3PlayMedia Webinar
LAINEY FEINGOLD |@LFLEGAL
LFLEGAL.COM | 9.29.2016

4. More information
Details from this presentation, including
links to cited materials can be found at:
http://bit.ly/LFUpdates
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5. Who are You Listening to?
www.LFLegal.com

6. Lainey’s Book
[LFLegal.com/book]

7. This is the Fine Print
Only recent developments
General information
Not legal advice

8. THEMES

9. Theme 1: Law is kept…..

10. Theme 2: A11Y is….
A civil right

11. US Department
of Justice

12. Champion

13. Why?
DOJ says ADA covers web
DOJ investigates web
barriers
DOJ goes to court for web
#a11y

14. Regulations (DOJ)

15. State & Local
Government Websites
Comments due
October 7
http://bit.ly/LF
webcomment

16. “the Department has taken the
position that title II covers Internet
Web site access.”

17. “the Department believes that
Level AA conformance is the most
appropriate standard.”

18. Bookmark This!
http://www.ada.gov/access-technology/

20. So do ADA Web Regs
Matter? – Yes (and No)
No more excuses
Heighten profile
Eliminate lawyers!

21. Regulations (other)

22. Private Advocacy

23. Right to Healthcare Info
Rite Aid | Humana
Kaiser | Sutter
HHS | Medicare ….and

24. Right to Healthcare Info
New ACA regs
MA Healthcare Kiosk
settlement

25. Right to Financial Info
Mortgage Information
SF Credit Union + Vendor
Bank Websites / demand
letters

26. Right to Work
Reyazuddin Trial
GSA Vendor Site

27. Right to Learn
Dept of Education settlements
Harvard / MIT Captioning case
NJ Community College
DOJ UC Berkeley investigation
Law suit against Bar Prep course

28. Bookmark This!
http://bit.ly/HigherEda11y

29. Right to Read
Scribd
NFB / Amazon partnership

30. Right to
Government Services
9-1-1 services
NYC web access law
Online gov’t job applications

31. Right to Restaurant Info
Denny’s Structured
Negotiation
Sweetgreen’s Lawsuit

32. Right to Entertainment Info
Netflix Audio Description

33. Right to Transportation
Information
Houston METRO
Suit on behalf of deaf/blind
riders
Austin Ride-sharing suits

34. Right to Vote
Maryland
Ohio
California counties
New York

35. Making Access Stick

36. Agreements require. . .
Web and Mobile
WCAG 2.0 AA
Web Accessibility
Coordinator
Independent
consultant
Train all staff
Add to
performance
evaluations
Post a policy
Homepage AIP
Use a testing tool
Usability Testing

37. New Players

38. Pending Lawsuits
NBA | Outback Steakhouse
Ugg Boots | Brooks Brothers
Mazzio’s | BMI/BND Travelware
Hard Rock Café
…..

39. Questions??

40. Stay Up to Date
@LFLegal on Twitter
Join my email list:
LF@LFLegal.com
www.LFLegal.com
DOJ’s ADA page [ada.gov]

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Presenters
Lainey Feingold
LFLegal
@lflegal
Lily Bond (Moderator)
3Play Media
lily@3playmedia.com
Q&A
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Nationwide Are Handling Captioning
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 Nov 3: Copyright Made Simple for Digital Educators
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Groups Are Using Captioning
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