Disability Law United welcomes our winter extern Marième Diop to our Denver office! Marième is a junior at Swarthmore College — Amy’s alma mater — and is originally from Senegal! She grew up in Dakar, and moved to the US in…
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Disability Discrimination at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
A coalition of local disability-rights organizations filed a class action suit in Colorado’s Federal District Court yesterday claiming that the City of Denver has acted to deny those who use wheelchairs the opportunity to meaningfully access to Red Rocks Amphitheatre.…
NAD Lawsuit Against Harvard and MIT Moves Forward, Obligation to ensure equal treatment applies in emerging technologies
November 4, 2016 — Judge Mark G. Mastroianni of the District Court of Massachusetts denied Massachusetts Institute for Technology’s (MIT) and Harvard University’s motions to dismiss the National Association of the Deaf’s (NAD) and other named plaintiffs’ complaint that the…
Disability Law United & DMFHC Settle Family Status and Disability Housing Discrimination Complaints
Denver, CO — The Denver Metro Fair Housing Center (DMFHC) and Disability Law United resolved fair housing complaints against a management company that explicitly discriminated against families with children and people with disabilities. When DeWayne Curtis was looking for an…
Welcome Mark Lindsay to Disability Law United’s Board of Directors!
Disability Law United is very excited to announce that Mark Lindsay, Director of the Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals practice area of The Livingston Group LLC, has joined Disability Law United’s Board of Directors. Here are just some of Mark’s many accomplishments,…
Department of Justice finds UC Berkeley must provide accessible online content.
In October 2014, Disability Law United, on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf, filed an administrative complaint with the Department of Justice (Department) against the University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley) based on alleged violations of Title II…
Welcome, Jean!
Disability Law United is very excited to introduce our new paralegal, Jean Peterson! Jean graduated from the American University with a B.A. in International Studies. Following her legal interests instead of her degree, Jean began working for the U.S. Department…
Site Surveys!
One of my favorite things to do is to get out of the office and do site surveys. This week, I got to check out curb ramps with our terrific co-counsel, Maya Abela from the Arizona Center for Disability Law (who…
The National Association of the Deaf and Hulu Reach Agreement on Captioning
Hulu will provide the captioning option to all subscribers, improving the entertainment experience for deaf and hard of hearing people. BERKELEY, CA – September 6, 2016 Hulu, LLC (Hulu) and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the nation’s premier…
Your chance to office (in Oakland) with some of the Coolest Lawyers Ever!
Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho has office space available for sublease: Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, 10th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612. Located in the heart of Oakland’s Lake Merritt business district Class A Office Space (1) large, lake view office…