ADA Sign Depot Blog — ADA Law

529A Accounts Let Disabled Save Without Risk to Government Aid

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on May 10, 2016

The state-sponsored accounts are known as 529 ABLE, or 529A, accounts. Authorized in 2014 by the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE Act), the accounts are modeled loosely on 529 college savings accounts.

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ADA compliance bill heads to Gov. Brown’s desk

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on May 10, 2016

Senate Bill 269 unanimously passed through the State Senate last week. It gives businesses with under 50 employees about four months to make what is considered a “minor” change, including faded signs or paint. Attorneys say a handful of people have continuously targeted businesses for violations such faded paint or signs, claiming they are violations of ADA compliance and prohibit access. The violations can cost businesses up to $4,000 each.

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California ADA ‘baby step’ reform passes Legislature, heads to governor’s desk

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Apr 29, 2016

“Predatory lawyers have been using ADA laws as a get-rich-quick scheme,” said Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, D-Manteca, the bill’s principal co-author.

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Legislation aims to curb serial ADA lawsuits

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Apr 18, 2016

State and federal lawmakers have launched several pieces of legislation aimed squarely at people they believe are manipulating well intentioned discrimination laws to pad their own bank accounts.

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Restaurant Denies Blind Woman and Her Service Dog

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Mar 22, 2016

An upstate New York restaurant is facing backlash after it denied service to a blind woman who was with her service dog. Mary Beth Metzger attempted to dine at Hana Japanese Steak House in Albany on January 28, reports the Albany Times-Union, but the restaurant’s manager repeatedly told her “no dogs.”

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