Litigating ADA Title III Claims: Website/Mobile Apps, COVID-19, Physical Accessibility, Landlord-Tenant Issues

Mr. Egan represents employers and successfully defends clients in matters arising under the ADA, FLSA, Title VII, ADEA, and all manner of state and local laws relating to employment and civil rights. His practice has a substantial focus on disability law and its impact on public accommodations, employers, and housing providers. He represents public accommodations nationally in matters involving architectural barriers, effective communication, and service animals. He also handles class action litigation involving the accessibility of websites for individuals with visual and hearing disabilities. He also counsels and defends landlords, developers, condominiums and cooperatives in matters arising out of the Fair Housing Act, as well as state and municipal laws prohibiting discrimination in housing based on disability and other protected classifications.

Ms. Launey specializes in employment and civil rights laws, and as a member of her firm's ADA Title III Specialty Team, she regularly advises and defends clients in litigation arising under Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and related California disability access laws - the Unruh Act and Disabled Persons Act. She defends disability access lawsuits, and counsels clients on issues ranging from physical accessibility, to compliance with service animal, reservations, effective communication, ticketing requirements of California law and the ADA 2010 Standards, to cutting-edge digital accessibility issues. She is co-editor of Seyfarth’s www.adatitleiii.com blog, and frequently speaks on accessibility issues.

Ms. Vu is the leader of the Firm’s ADA Title III Specialty Practice Team. Her national practice focuses exclusively on the legal obligations of places of public accommodation, recipients of federal funding, government contractors, and housing providers to individuals with disabilities under Title III of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, the Fair Housing Act (FHA), and various state non-discrimination statutes. She authored the “ADA Guide for Lodging Owners and Operators,” the first book of its kind published by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) and also testified before Congress on behalf of the AH&LA on new ADA requirements for lifts at pools and spas. Ms. Vu also is the editor of and a primary contributor to Seyfarth’s ADA Title III News & Insights blog which has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and The Economist.