Category: Issue 642
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ADA May Cover Restaurant Websites, Court Holds
A New York federal court has denied Five Guys Enterprises’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a blind woman’s inability to access the restaurant chain’s website violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ruling “the text and purposes of the ADA, as well as the breadth of federal appellate decisions, suggest that defendant’s website is…
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Court Clears Way for Chicago SSB Tax, Dismissing Retailers’ Lawsuit
A sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax will go into effect in Chicago and surrounding suburbs following a Cook County court’s dissolution of a temporary restraining order and dismissal of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association’s lawsuit alleging the tax violated the state’s constitution. Illinois Retail Merchs. Ass’n v. Cook Cty. Dep’t of Revenue, No. 2017L050596 (Ill. Cir. Ct.,…
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EU to Issue Guidelines on Discriminatory Food Distribution
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has reportedly indicated the EU will issue guidelines discouraging companies from selling apparently identical food products across Europe but using inferior ingredients in the foods sold in the eastern part of the continent. The Czech Republic’s agriculture minister has asserted that his country is Europe’s “garbage can” because companies produce…