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	<title>Yours Truly Accessibility: ADA Experts and ADA Consultants &#187; ADA Lawsuits</title>
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		<title>What to do if you are sued for an ADA violation</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/09/what-to-do-if-you-are-sued-for-an-ada-violation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yours Truly Accessibility</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worst thing to do is nothing. Look at what this article taken from [Facilities.net] says: What is the best way to proceed if you receive notice of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation? If you’ve received notification that means that either a complaint has been filed in federal court or that the Justice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When ADA Calls: Responding to a Complaint</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/08/when-ada-calls-responding-to-a-complaint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a repost from [www.facililities.net]. I&#8217;m Dan Hounsell, editor of Maintenance Solutions magazine. Today&#8217;s topic is, responding to an ADA notification. If an institutional or commercial facility receives notification of a violation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), that means either a complaint has been filed in federal court or, the U.S. Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT REGARDING CURB RAMPS AND CURB CUTS IN LOS ANGELES</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/08/notice-of-proposed-class-action-settlement-regarding-curb-ramps-and-curb-cuts-in-los-angeles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/08/notice-of-proposed-class-action-settlement-regarding-curb-ramps-and-curb-cuts-in-los-angeles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yours Truly Accessibility</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current and pressing is an on going lawsuit. This information is public and has been re-posted in case it affects you. Feel free to distribute this as needed. &#160; Legal Notice IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY AND CANNOT USE A SIDEWALK IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BECAUSE A CURBRAMP OR CURB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casey Gerry Announces $1.25 Million Settlement Following Mediation with Troon Golf, LLC, The Crosby National Golf Club, LLC</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/08/casey-gerry-announces-1-25-million-settlement-following-mediation-with-troon-golf-llc-the-crosby-national-golf-club-llc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yours Truly Accessibility</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO &#8211;(Business Wire)&#8211; In a case that reaffirms the right to safe public access for the physically disabled, Casey Gerry announced today that a $1.25 million out-of-court settlement has been reached in a lawsuit involving the country&#8217;s longest survivor of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) &#8211; a disease in which victims progressively lose muscle control. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effectiveness of SB1608 in Federal Court</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/07/effectiveness-of-sb1608-in-federal-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/07/effectiveness-of-sb1608-in-federal-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CASp, the Certified Access Specialist Program offers a variety of benefits to businesses that get a CASp certification.  The advantages can be further gleamed from the California Chamber of Commerce website [link: Advantages of CASp for businesses].  The main advantages of CASp certification are many (including a 90 day stay and a limit of $4k [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What will it take (to avoid an ADA lawsuit)?</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/06/what-will-it-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/06/what-will-it-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fifth time. A business owner went to one of our seminars about six months ago. Saw our presentation on ADA compliance. Heard about the gap between the coverage of the California Building Code and the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act, learned that in the California Civil Code Section 52 and 54 he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Analysis of an ADA Case</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/05/an-analysis-of-an-ada-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/05/an-analysis-of-an-ada-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 19:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yours Truly Accessibility</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excellent analysis of an ADA Case: Business property owners and tenants often misunderstand their legal obligation to make their premises accessible to individuals with disabilities. Many business operators mistakenly believe that if they have owned or leased their premises since before accessibility laws were enacted or if they have not made substantial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADA Lawsuits&#8230; no end in sight</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/05/ada-lawsuits-probably-to-expand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/05/ada-lawsuits-probably-to-expand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 08:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yours Truly Accessibility</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is, there is no end in sight as long as businesses are easy targets. Here&#8217;s a series of links about some recent ADA Lawsuits around central and northern California. Most ADA Lawsuits don&#8217;t come with a warning, drive-by litigants simply drive by and leave a string of lawsuits. You can read more about ADA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADA Lawsuits can be dropped if&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/05/ada-lawsuits-can-be-dropped-if/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/05/ada-lawsuits-can-be-dropped-if/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 16:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who have been sued become very quickly familiar with the complex intertwine of laws that give rise to ADA Lawsuits, in particular ADA cases. One quick way to try and buck an ADA lawsuit though, is argue that the plaintiff never visited your store. This tactic has worked before (especially if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denial of Service leads to Lawsuit: Service Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/05/denial-of-serivce-service-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2011/05/denial-of-serivce-service-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 17:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a very interesting story about service animals and places of public accommodation: Christy Gardner, who was a driven athlete at Edward Little High School in Auburn and at Long Island College in New York, found basic training at Fort Leonard Wood a breeze. She cruised through military police training before being deployed to [...]]]></description>
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