(Jan. 26, 2016) Deaf and hard of hearing airline passengers will soon have closed captioned, on-demand in-flight entertainment videos. The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), a non-profit civil rights organization of, by, and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals,…
Baltimore Residents File Title VI Complaint with United States Department of Transportation over Maryland’s Discriminatory Decision to Strip Baltimore of Transportation Funding
Today, Disability Law United; the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Covington & Burling LLP; and the ACLU of Maryland filed a complaint with the United States Department of Transportation on behalf of the Baltimore City Chapter of the NAACP,…
Complaint Filed: California’s Medi-Cal Program Violates Latin@ Civil Rights
Disability Law United’s Bill Lee, along with attorneys from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Health Law Program, and Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman and Wasow LLP, filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
University of Denver Civil Rights Clinic and Disability Law United Reach Groundbreaking Settlement with Department of Corrections
Prisoners in restrictive housing and close custody at the Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP) have reached a settlement with Colorado prison officials that will provide outdoor exercise for those inmates for the first time since the prison’s construction in 1993. The…
25 Years After ADA Passes, Thousands of Seattle Curbs Still Inaccessible
A class action lawsuit filed today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington alleges that the City of Seattle has failed to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act and state law, which…
Disability Law United’s Anderson case in Prison Legal News
Anderson v. Colorado, a case Disability Law United is litigating with the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver law school, was featured in a recent issue of Prison Legal News. The headline — Federal Court Orders Colorado to…
Wheelchair Users Sue Major Hotel Companies for Inaccessible Transportation
Disability Law United, along with three individuals who use wheelchairs for mobility, today filed federal class action lawsuits against three major hotel owner/operators, RLJ Lodging Trust, Hospitality Properties Trust, and Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Each lawsuit alleges that the hotel…