[Promotion-technology] National Federation of the Blind Lawsuit Addressing Web Accessibility Will Proceed

[David Andrews]

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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>National Federation of the Blind Lawsuit
>Addressing Web Accessibility Will Proceed
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>Target Cannot Appeal Class Action Certification Ruling
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>Baltimore, Maryland (January 2, 2008):  The United States Court of
>Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied Target Corporation's petition
>for an interlocutory appeal of the District Court's order granting class
>action certification to a lawsuit filed against the retailer by the
>National Federation of the Blind for Target's failure and refusal to
>make its Web site fully accessible to blind shoppers.  As a result, the
>suit will proceed against Target on behalf of all blind Americans, as
>well as for a subclass of all blind Californians.
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>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
>said: "We are pleased that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has
>allowed our lawsuit against Target to move forward on its merits.
>Target can no longer delay being held accountable to the blind of the
>nation for denying us access to its Web site."
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>About the National Federation of the Blind
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>With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is
>the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people
>in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through
>advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging
>independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the
>blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind.  In January
>2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan
>Institute, the first research and training center in the United States
>for the blind led by the blind.
>

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