On April 7, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Winn-Dixie Stores’ websites are not “public accommodations” and therefore are not subject to the accessibility requirements of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The decision reversed a 2017 federal district court opinion – in what may be the only website
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DOJ takes flexible position on website accessibility requirements
By Olabisi L. Okubadejo on
Posted in Federal Agencies, Regulatory and Enforcement
While most websites of businesses, including banks and financial services providers, should be accessible to individuals with disabilities, questions exist as to how this requirement is enforced. On September 25, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a letter to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in which it took the position that…