Category Archives: ADA Lawsuits

Recent ADA lawsuit news: The East Bay has been dealing with a wave of ADA lawsuits. Fresno’s Channel 30 investigated ADA lawsuits. This year’s proposed California legislation to limit the impact of ADA lawsuits. Finally, on May 10, 2016, California … Continue reading →

Recent ADA lawsuit news: The Hanford Sentinel reports most ADA cases settle for less than $10,000, which is consistent with our experience California Governor Brown vetoed SB 251, which would have allowed businesses time (ranging from 15 to 120 days) … Continue reading →

the latest from the ADA lawsuit front: California legislators will take another shot at reform this year; California Congressional Representatives will also try their hand at ADA reform; The Wall Street Journal reports that ADA lawsuits are not just a … Continue reading →

Not much has changed in the effort to limit ADA lawsuits in the past year, and as noted before the last California legislation did not do anything to stop ADA lawsuits (and nothing will until the $4000/violation penalty is severely … Continue reading →

Although the California legislature did end up passing Senate Bill (SB) 1186 last fall, ADA lawsuits continue pretty much the same as before.  The following are examples of recent coverage on ADA lawsuits: Although SB 1186 does make the ADA … Continue reading →

Most of the recent action concerning California ADA lawsuits revolves around California Senate Bill (SB) 1186.  This bill would reduce the amount of recoverable damages in certain situations (the exact particulars are still being debated but what is being discussed … Continue reading →

ADA cases continue to be a problem for California businesses, as shown by a number of recent articles cited below. Until the government takes away more of the profit incentive for these types of cases, more and more ADA lawsuits … Continue reading →

In an update on our previous blog post on ADA lawsuits, a commercial building owner in Sacramento has successfully defended an ADA lawsuit. Although one may think this provides a formula that other businesses can use to fight off ADA … Continue reading →

The LA Times reports that despite efforts to make ADA lawsuits more reasonable and less a vehicle for extortion, the ADA cases continue unabated.  This is because California law still allows damages of $4,000 per violation.  Moreover, to get the … Continue reading →