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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]
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]
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]
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]
28 Aug 2008, 11:36 am
Minneapolis-based Target agreed to pay $6 million to settle a class action suit in California with the National Federation of the Blind, The Associated Press reports.The settlement, announced Wednesday, requires Target to make its website more accessible to the blind by Feb. 28, 2009. [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 11:05 pm
Target Corp. has agreed to pay $6 million in damages to plaintiffs in California unable to use its online site as part of a class action settlement with the National Federation of the Blind, a leading advocacy group for blind people. [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 7:35 pm by Jon Gelman
(AFP)An advocacy group for the blind is suing the app-based ride-sharing service Uber, alleging the company discriminates against passengers with service dogs.The federal civil rights suit filed Tuesday by the California chapter of the National Federation of the Blind cites instances in California and elsewhere when blind Uber customers summoned a car only to be refused a ride once the driver saw them with a service dog. [read post]
20 Jun 2021, 7:56 pm by Michael Cannan
In California, this is usually two years from the date of the incident. [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 8:23 am
The National Federation of the Blind’s victory will likely encourage other advocacy groups both to file similar complaints, and to offer services to help companies avoid such suits. [read post]
The California Supreme Court recently made national headlines when it declined to follow—strictly as a matter of policy—70-year-old precedent from the U.S. [read post]
The California Supreme Court recently made national headlines when it declined to follow—strictly as a matter of policy—70-year-old precedent from the U.S. [read post]
4 Dec 2012, 2:57 pm
An independent federal agency, the National Council on Disability, recently published a lengthy report that describes countless instances of discrimination against disabled parents and those attempting to adopt. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 8:59 pm by Ron Coleman
Republished by Old Post PromoterEvan Brown reports about National Federation of the Blind v. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 6:22 am
" And the National Federation of the Blind has issued a press release headlined "Court Ruling Says California Disabled Rights Law Applies to the Web; Federal Court Issues Landmark Decision Certifying Nationwide Class Action Against Target Corporation to Make its Web Site Accessible to the Blind. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 6:11 am by Cyrus Farivar
The case was initially filed in September 2014 by the National Federation of the Blind of California and one individual plaintiff, who alleged that the quasi-taxi company is in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), along with other state disabilities laws. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 3:20 am by Bob Kraft
Regulators have been aware of the hazards of window cord blinds since at least the early 1980s, when a federal study to determine the causes of child strangulation tied 41 deaths to drapery and blind cords. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 6:11 am by Cyrus Farivar
The case was initially filed in September 2014 by the National Federation of the Blind of California and one individual plaintiff, who alleged that the quasi-taxi company is in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), along with other state disabilities laws. [read post]