The official press release from the Seattle curb ramps settlement is below. A copy of the Proposed Consent Decree is also available for review. SEATTLE, WA, July 18, 2017– The City of Seattle has settled a landmark class action lawsuit…
Disability Law United, DU Civil Rights Clinic are Finalists for Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year!
We are very excited to announce that a team of lawyers and (then) law students from Disability Law United and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic (CRC) is one of four national finalists for the Trial Lawyer…
Trip to Red Rocks
Some days practicing law requires long hours in the office, but some days practicing law allows you to be outside on a crisp, Colorado spring day. Luckily for the legal team working on a case to improve accessibility at Red…
Settlement Requires Major Improvements in Conditions for Prisoners With Disabilities at Montana State Prison
ACLU, Disability Law United, and the Montana Department of Corrections Resolve Americans with Disabilities Act Claims Remaining from 1994 Class-Action Lawsuit Over Prison Conditions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2017 CONTACT: ACLU of Montana, 406-203-3374, media@aclumontana.org Amy Robertson, Disability Law…
Disability Rights Organizations Oppose H.R. 985
H.R. 985, the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017,” is currently before the House Judiciary Committee. It would eviscerate class actions in many important ways. In our letter to the Committee — joined by 37 other disability rights…
Disability Law United to receive a Visionaries in Action Award from the GLBT Community Center of Colorado
Disability Law United is thrilled and honored to receive a 2017 Visionaries in Action Award from The GLBT Community Center of Colorado (The Center)! In notifying us of the award, The Center’s Board Chairman, J. Ryann Peyton wrote 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…
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…
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…