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16 Feb 2009, 3:16 am
Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: "The National Federation of the Blind supports all technologies that allow blind people to have better access to the printed word, including the ability of devices like the [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 5:03 am by Barco Reference Librarian
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind people, and three blind students who have applied or are considering applying to law school in California have filed a lawsuit against the Law School Admissions Council and four California law schools for violating and the Americans with Disabilities Act. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 1:27 pm by Adam Bednar
JLL has been hired to lease 100,000 square feet of space at the National Federation of the Blind’s headquarters in south Baltimore. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 7:55 am
The National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind have  announced that they’ve filed a discrimination lawsuit against Arizona State University, claiming that the University's Amazon Kindle DX Pilot Program discriminates against the blind. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 6:52 am by Barco Reference Librarian
The Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired Campus blog reports that the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, requesting an investigation of Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for violating the civil rights of blind students and faculty. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 7:32 am by laborprof lpb
The National Federation of the Blind has just announced its 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, which takes place April 14-15. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 1:00 am by Karen Tani
" Here's the first paragraph:In the late 1950s the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and its allies introduced a series of bills into [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
The EEOC announced Monday that the National Federation of the Blind has settled a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the Commission on behalf of a Hebrew Pentecostal bookkeeper who was refused religious accommodation. [read post]
6 May 2010, 10:55 am by Paul Caron
National Law Journal, Advocate for the Blind Targets Law School Online Application Process: A national advocacy group for the blind on Wednesday accused law schools across the country of violating the rights of blind would-be law students by using the Law School Admission Council's (LSAC) online application process. [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 12:47 am
At its annual convention last week, the National Federation of the Blind passed a resolution asking Congress for $19.1 million a year for the next three years to update technology at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically... [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
The EEOC announced last week that it has filed suit in a Maryland federal district court against the National Federation of the Blind for religious discrimination. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 7:04 am by Dan Filler
This press release hit the wires yesterday: The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's oldest and largest organization of blind people, and three... [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 6:42 pm
Target (you know, the big red bull's-eye people) have agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by the National Federation of the Blind. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 2:43 am
The National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind have announced that they've filed a discrimination lawsuit against Arizona State University, claiming that the University's Amazon Kindle DX Pilot Program discriminates against the blind. [read post]
25 Oct 2016, 7:55 am by Associated Press
Attorney General Brian Frosh is joining with officials from the National Federation of the Blind in Baltimore on Tuesday to demonstrate the machines. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 3:45 pm
"Nation's First Blind Federal Judge Dies": The Associated Press provides this report. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 11:10 am
As reported by the National Law Journal, a suit was filed last Thursday by the National Federation of the Blind on behalf of a law school applicant in a California state court. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 10:06 am
On Wednesday, a federal judge in California granted class-action status to a lawsuit against Target Corp. filed by the Baltimore-based National Federation for the Blind under the American's with Disabilities Act and two state law claims. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 4:30 pm
Danielsen, a spokesman for the National Federation of the Blind. [read post]