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		<title>When ADA Calls: Responding to a Complaint</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Chipotle&#8217;s Attempt to Appeal ADA Lawsuit Fails</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following an on-going Chipotle case as covered previously: Chipotle Deprived Disabled of Food View [From San Francisco Chronicle: Chipotle and Disabled Rights Lawsuit] WASHINGTON &#8212; The Supreme Court won&#8217;t stop a disabled man&#8217;s lawsuit against Chipotle Mexican Grill for having counters too high for a person in a wheelchair. The high court on Monday refused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donner Lake Kitchen closed due to ADA Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another restaurant closed, this time due to a legal battle with Scott Johnson. You can catch the story here: Donner Lake Kitchen, a popular family-owned restaurant in rural Truckee, Calif. is closing its doors following a legal battle with attorney Scott Johnson, who is said to have filed “countless” complaints of lack of handicap accessibility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADA Lawsuits prompt a Grace Period Bill in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The majority of lawsuits arising from ADA violations are aimed at smaller businesses.  Many of those lawsuits hurt businesses as the steep cost of defending those lawsuits for violations (which most likely are, strictly speaking, in fact violations) prompt potentially large settlements.  These settlements are usually at least $4,000.00 + attorneys fees. Well, now there&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADA Compliance Options: Why CASp?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who don&#8217;t know, CASp stands for Certified Access Specialist. The short version of this history is that the California Senate passed a bill, SB 1608, which altered the nature of ADA compliance requirements for businesses.  This was an ambitious bill, pushed forward mainly by the California Chamber of Commerce.  SB 1608 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflicts Between Federal and State Laws on Disabled Access in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting the new year (2011) on the right foot is a great way to help set the tone for the new year. So we at YTA have decided that the best way to do that is to help all you out there notice a few of the conflicts between State and Federal Law. The state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Channel 7 Covers ADA Lawsuits in Los Angeles</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2010/09/channel-7-covers-ada-lawsuits-in-los-angeles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2010/09/channel-7-covers-ada-lawsuits-in-los-angeles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting story about Morse Merban and Thomas Mundy. LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Serial plaintiffs are targeting Southern California businesses, suing for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Your tax dollars are paying for hundreds of these lawsuits. No one disputes that the ADA is an important and valuable law. But some disabled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SB 1608 is ineffective at stopping ADA Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.ytaccess.com/2010/09/sb-1608-is-ineffective-at-stopping-ada-lawsuits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ytaccess.com/2010/09/sb-1608-is-ineffective-at-stopping-ada-lawsuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 05:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t take long to figure out why a man in a wheelchair had been snapping photographs of the aisles, counters, shelves and bathrooms inside eateries and watering holes in a fashionable eastern Long Beach enclave. On June 30, Powell&#8217;s Sweet Shoppe; Open Sesame, a Lebanese restaurant; and Panama Joe&#8217;s Grill &#38; Cantina were served [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davis, CA has a Disability Pride Parade to Celebrate 20 years of ADA; A day in the Life of a Quadriplegic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alot of what we talk about here revolves around the ADA being a potential tool for certain individuals to hurt businesses. While that may be true, it must not be forgotten that the ADA does much good and helps many people who would otherwise have a worse quality of life. In this way, at least [...]]]></description>
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