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When it comes to ESAs, don’t ask a doctor for advice about the law
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (267+ words) On July 1, 2026 the American Psychological Association published an article about using animals in therapy. You can find it here. I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, so I don't have anything to say about most of the article, which deals with…...
SBA v DOJ – who’s calling the shots on website accessibility?
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (627+ words) On June 23 the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy called on the Department of Justice to go beyond its recent one year pause on Title II website regulations and simply scrap them entirely. See, Advocacy Recommends. The legal justification is…...
ADA 30 Days to Comply Act – an additional thought.
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (254+ words) I say "an additional thought" because while I was thinking about what to say concerning the newly introduced ADA 30 Days to Comply Act William Goren wrote his own analysis of the law, which you can read here - Goren Blog. Briefly,…...
What the ADA and FHA are all about.
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (381+ words) On December 5 (2025) I argued a fair housing case before the Connecticut Supreme Court. The details are important, but not for this blog. I say that because during the argument it occurred to me that it is easy, while cataloging and…...
Coming soon – The Trump Administration and Disability Rights
1+ year, 1+ week ago (237+ words) I've been busy preparing for my upcoming webinar on the Trump Administration's approach to disability rights, so it seemed like a good time to publicize it. You can find all the details at Access Denied. If you attend you'll find…...
FHA tester standing – the beginning of the beginning of the end?
1+ year, 2+ week ago (192+ words) Even after the Supreme Court's decision in Transunion¹ and the Fifth Circuit's decision in Laufer v Mann Hospitality,² challenging the standing of a Fair Housing Act tester in Texas has been a hit or miss proposition depending very much on which…...
HUD was wrong about pet deposits – it’s as simple as that.
1+ year, 1+ mon ago (307+ words) HUD's 2020 Guidance on accommodations under the Fair Housing Act has been rejected by a federal court as unpersuasive when it comes to pet fees and deposits....
Just a few quick notes on ADA website lawsuits.
1+ year, 1+ mon ago (557+ words) I noted this headline in my Google news feed this afternoon: "Attorney involved in dozens of 'sue-and-settle' lawsuits around KC may have web accessibility issues on his own sites." The story was pretty much as expected. Attorney Kevin Puckett files…...
AI and ADA compliance for websites – what does “equality” mean for accessibility?
1+ year, 1+ mon ago (404+ words) Artificial Intelligence, or at least talk about AI, has become inescapable. Like "gluten free" it has been become a marketing tool that doesn't mean anything. Gluten free toilet paper? - I'm sure somebody is selling it. AI powered paper clips? If…...
There was an old woman who swallowed a spider – reforming California’s Unruh Act
1+ year, 1+ mon ago (354+ words) In the children's nonsense song written by Burl Ives an old woman swallows a fly for reasons unknown and then: swallows a spider to catch the fly swallows a bird to catch the spider swallows a cat to catch the…...