ADA Title III Website Accessibility Lawsuits On The Rise
The number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed against businesses nationwide continues to increase. In 2020 alone, approximately 11,000 ADA Title III lawsuits were filed…
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Franchising in a (Nearly) Post-Pandemic World – QSR Online
This article originally appeared on QSR on July 21, 2021. April Mason authored an article for Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) online, published July 21, 2021,…
Birmingham Medical News: Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Continues Through the Pandemic
Reprinted with permission from the Birmingham Medical News Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting challenges facing health care providers, compliance with fraud and abuse…
Jefferson County, AL 2021 Property Valuations – Protest Deadline is July 28
The 2021 real property valuations for Jefferson County, Alabama were recently published. If you believe your property was overvalued, and want to protest the valuation,…
Gil v. Winn-Dixie: Eleventh Circuit Holds Websites Are Not Places of Public Accommodation Under ADA Title III
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) provides that “[n]o individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full…
Supreme Court Upholds, But Limits, Assignor Estoppel Doctrine
On June 29, 2021, the Supreme Court limited the doctrine of assignor estoppel that has long prevented inventors from challenging the validity of patents they…
Are You Covered?—A Basic Primer on Cyber Insurance Offerings
The digitization of various products, services, and business processes over recent years has been a boon for business. But, as our clients are well aware…
Toxins-Are-Us: Bankruptcy Treatment of Environmental Liabilities
A Refresher and Issues to Consider Reprinted with permission from the ABI Journal, Vol. XL, No. 7, July 2021. Click here to read the full…
Effective Date Announced for New COVID-19 Safety Rule for Healthcare Providers
OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard imposes new COVID-19 requirements on healthcare providers. Employers must comply with most provisions by July 6, 2021. In January 2021, President…
Your Business Experienced a Ransomware Attack, and It Was Not Prepared – Now What?
It is hard to find a news post without a story on a ransomware attack. The National Security Council has issued an open letter warning…