By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Friday tossed out hundreds of cases filed against businesses in the East Valley and throughout the metro area that accused them of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and its state counterpart. Judge David Talamante delivered a blow to the Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities Foundation, …
Arizona attorney general’s office files motion to dismiss 1,700 ADA lawsuits; Adam Martinez, chairman of Rose Law Group Real Estate Litigation Department, says dismissal would be welcomed by business owners
By Steven Totten | Phoenix Business Journal The office of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has filed a motion to dismiss the more than 1,000 lawsuits filed by the nonprofit group Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities in regards to the Americans with Disabilities Act. AID has filed 1,700-plus “copy-and-paste” lawsuits to dozens of Valley businesses for not being compliant with …
Advocates divided on Flake bill to ease ADA lawsuits; issue is about abuse of the judicial system, says Adam Martinez, Chairman of Rose Law Group’s Real Estate Litigation Department, who handles many ADA defense suits
By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune The owner of a struggling east Mesa strip mall wishes he had the second chance to correct a technical Americans with Disabilities Act violation, as envisioned in a bill filed by Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. Flake’s bill includes a “notice and cure provision,” which would have given Keith, 51, or any other business …
AG seeks to consolidate, dismiss 1,300 ADA suits; cases far from over, says Adam Martinez as chairman of Rose Law Group real estate litigation department
By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune The Arizona Attorney’s Office filed a motion in Maricopa County Superior Court this week that might eventually result in the dismissal of nearly 1,300 lawsuits against businesses accused of violating the American With Disabilities Act. The motion seeks to consolidate 1,289 cases, mostly filed against Mesa businesses, into one case. It alleges that …
Valley businesses question nonprofit’s ADA lawsuit ‘scheme,’ lawsuits will continue, says Adam Martinez, Chair of Rose Law Group real estate litigation department who is handling many ADA defense suits
By Steven Totten | Phoenix Business Journal The recent controversy surrounding Valley businesses, a recently formed nonprofit and a number of lawsuits is seeing no signs of slowing. Several businesses in metro Phoenix — including mom-and-pop shops, Paradise Valley Mall and CVS Pharmacy — have found lawsuit notices in their mailboxes from Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities, a recently formed …
Americans with Disabilities Act wheelchair compliance in an aging nation
By Jonathan Udell | Law Clerk at Rose Law Group Just as Arizona found itself awash in a wave of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance lawsuits, the U.S. Census Bureau released some sobering news. The number of people in wheelchairs is poised to grow, and quickly. By 2020, for the first time ever, there will be more people 65-years …
Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act signage requirements
By Clark Wu | Law Clerk at Rose Law Group Arizona has become a hotbed for American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance lawsuits, with hundreds of new suits filed every month and no end in sight. While this may no longer be news for many business owners, what may come as a surprise is that signage violation claims are becoming …
What business owners need to know about American Disabilities Act compliance
By Jonathan Udell | Law Clerk at Rose Law Group Last March, news broke that a lawyer in the Phoenix area planned to file thousands of American Disabilities Act parking lawsuits. That’s right: thousands. Sure enough, over the past 10 days, a law firm in Phoenix has brought over 200 ADA parking claims against Arizona businesses. The deluge of ADA …