Acheson Hotels, LLC, Petitioner v. Deborah Laufer

  1. January 01, 2024

    Hospitality Cases And Trends To Watch In 2024

    People in the hospitality industry work to project the image that they enjoy nothing more than making customers happy and serving them tirelessly, but the reality can be a darker one — especially in courts of law and at regulatory agencies, where issues involving hotels, restaurants and other businesses reveal what goes on behind the scenes.

  2. December 05, 2023

    Jackson Urges High Court To Dispose Of Automatic Vacaturs

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday again criticized a procedural mechanism that obligates the justices to vacate lower court opinions and offered up an alternative analysis they could use to decide whether to vacate rulings by the lower courts.

  3. December 05, 2023

    High Court Axes ADA Case But Says Issue Is 'Very Much Alive'

    The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday that Acheson Hotels LLC's Americans with Disabilities Act appeal against a self-appointed "tester" is moot, finding the disabled litigant voluntarily dismissed her suit against the company, though the court said the issue of standing to sue over accessibility information on businesses' websites is "very much alive."

  4. November 17, 2023

    4th Circ. Axes Discipline Against ADA Atty In High Court Case

    Self-described Americans with Disabilities Act "tester" Deborah Laufer has informed the U.S. Supreme Court that the Fourth Circuit has tossed a disciplinary order against her former attorney, a decision that could affect whether the high court justices find the ADA case is moot.

  5. October 27, 2023

    Are Justices Split 3-3-3? New Term Is Already Offering Clues

    The U.S. Supreme Court's dawning term is quickly shedding light on fissures in a six-justice supermajority, providing new evidence of areas where the conservative camp isn't predictably rock-solid despite its rapid reshaping of the nation's legal landscape.

  6. October 04, 2023

    Roberts Worries Courts Being 'Manipulated' For ADA Cases

    Chief Justice John Roberts expressed concern Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court might open the judicial system to manipulation by deeming moot a dispute over a hotel's alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act without first deciding whether a disabilities advocate had standing to bring the lawsuit. 

  7. October 04, 2023

    'Dead, Dead, Dead': Justices Say Mootness May Kill ADA Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it's unlikely to address Americans with Disabilities Act enforcement by serial litigants who sue businesses they don't intend to patronize, saying a closely watched case is likely moot because a visually impaired "tester" dropped her case.

  8. September 29, 2023

    Up First At High Court: CFPB's Funding, ADA Tester Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its new term by hearing arguments over the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure, the meaning of "and" in a criminal sentencing statute and whether so-called Americans with Disabilities Act testers have standing to sue. Here, Law360 breaks down this week's oral arguments.

  9. September 05, 2023

    Hotel Biz Acheson Tells Supreme Court No Harm In ADA Suit

    Acheson Hotels has told the U.S. Supreme Court that a disabilities advocate who tests hotel websites for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act does not have standing to sue because she does not have plans to visit one of its locations and has suffered no injury.

  10. August 15, 2023

    'Left In Dark' In Moot Case, 11th Circ. Judges 'Aren't Happy'

    A piqued panel of Eleventh Circuit judges chastised counsel Tuesday amid revelations they issued a lengthy opinion on controversial legal strategies involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, debated rehearing the case and entertained supplemental briefs — all after the litigation had become moot without their knowledge.