ada lawsuits
ADA Defense Lawyer: California’s Central District Tries to Curb ADA lawsuits
Martin H. Orlick | March 29, 2021
By Jim Butler, Martin Orlick California has seen an explosion of ADA cases in the past few years, leading the state to impose strict pleading standards and high filing fees for serial litigants. Litigants have previously found their way around this by filing in federal court, but the courts have made it clear that they will decline supplemental jurisdiction in these instances. Martin Orlick, Chair of JMBM’s ADA Compliance & Defense Group, explains below. Declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction, the United States District Court Central District of California (Central District) is addressing high frequency litigants who file...
ADA Compliance & Defense Lawyer Update: 99 ADA Lawsuits Dismissed as Fraudulent and Malicious
Jim Butler | November 21, 2017
By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group® Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com 21 November 2017 JMBM's ADA Compliance and Defense team, led by my partner Marty Orlick, continues to help hotels and other businesses achieve compliance under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and is actively defending numerous ADA lawsuits brought against our clients. Today, he shares one of the stranger tales of serial ADA litigation and describes how the judicial system in New Mexico stopped the plaintiff and her lawyer from filing frivolous and malicious ADA lawsuits. New Mexico Judge Dismisses 99 ADA Lawsuits as Fraudulent ...
