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Federal accessibility laws don’t matter — California’s accessibility laws do

Federal accessibility laws don’t matter — California’s accessibility laws do

Ignoring California standards like the CCPA and Unruh Act will cause significant risk even for organizations based outside of the state.

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Sheri Byrne-Haber
Aug 17, 2023
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Federal laws are a minimum standard that must be followed by every entity they apply to in every US state/territory. The Supreme Court stated in Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. that individual states are allowed to pass laws that will “establish greater safety than the minimum safety achieved by a federal regulation intended to provide a floor.” Calif…

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