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March 11, 2009
Digital Accessibility Trends Analysis (DATA) Offers Global Disability Policy, Legal and Marketplace Drivers
TecAccess, a leader in accessibility solutions, has partnered with the law firm of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC, with the goal of offering a highly anticipated new product known as Digital Accessibility Trends Analysis (DATA) to the business community and governmental agencies around the globe.
PPSV attorneys John Kemp and Elisabeth Doyle recently launched Digital Accessibility Trends Analysis (DATA), a comprehensive quarterly subscription service that is aimed at keeping government and private industry competitive and informed about global disability policies as well as legal and marketplace drivers.
"The momentum of accessibility law is growing at breathtaking speed," said Kemp, a disability law expert. "Universal accessibility is an idea whose time has come."
Doyle, a former Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, added, "This growing movement will create even greater marketing opportunities and an imperative for businesses to develop accessible products and Internet and to engage in genuinely inclusive hiring practices."
DATA meets the increasing need to monitor developments in law and policy pertaining to web accessibility and digital technology, and how these directly impact commerce, employment, and overall organizational efficacy. In each issue of DATA, Kemp and Doyle address timely topics pertaining to disability and accessibility, such as the recently settled case of National Federation of the Blind v. Target, as well as the now-ratified UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Forthcoming issues will further explore global disability policy, as well as the current climate of the legal and business sectors. In addition, DATA will uncover international developments, such as the British case of Latif v. PMI, which raises serious questions about the jurisdiction of accessibility laws and whether American companies will be held to the standards of other countries in which they reach or deliver services to customers. DATA will also inform readers about specific industry models, such as Walgreen's accessible website, which was designed to attract individuals with disabilities.
DATA subscriptions include: in-depth quarterly reports, annual webinars, news bulletins, access to web archives, and up to two hours of private consultation with John Kemp and/or Elisabeth Doyle.
"Few moments in business history have held such promise or opportunity," said Kemp, "DATA will provide you with in-depth analysis imperative to future business strategies."
Visit www.accessibilitytrends.com, Email laurie.blair@ppsv.com, 202-872-6739.
SOURCE Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Posted by Nancy at March 11, 2009 04:40 PM