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From: Amanda J. Rush
Date: May 24, 2019 12:15PM

<blockquote>SC: The one thing we have seen as a common theme is that no
one seems to ever get sued if you have a remediation effort currently
'underway'.  ADA remediation is a lot like PCI remediation.  Once you
start 'fixing the issues', the legal world tends to back off in good
faith.</blockquote>


Problem is, the lawyers involved in the demand letter/driveby lawsuit
racket aren't operating in good faith. So i'm not sure anyone can count
on demand letters and the like being haulted while an ongoing
remediation effort is happening.


Amanda



On 5/24/2019 2:09 PM, Scott Tate wrote:
>
> We've seen that as high as 50k depending on the industry.  Airlines
> (ACAA) and hospitality tend to be somewhat higher than general
> retail.  And, you still have to fix the issues even if you settle. 😐
>
> The one thing we have seen as a common theme is that no one seems to
> ever get sued if you have a remediation effort currently 'underway'. 
> ADA remediation is a lot like PCI remediation.  Once you start 'fixing
> the issues', the legal world tends to back off in good faith.
>
> http://www.blndspt.com/accessibility/
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