Susan Booth, Karl Lott and Douglas Praw are Partners and
Ashley Jason, Paul Park and Daniel Dow are Associates and Geoffrey
Geddes is a Public Finance Project Manager in the
Los Angeles office
Stacie Andra Goeddel and Robert Haight are Partners in
the
San Francisco office
New Arizona Law Aims to Prevent "Drive-By" ADA
Lawsuits
Arizona recently enacted a new law that gives businesses and
property owners a 90-day grace period to fix alleged
disability-access violations without paying penalties. The law was
passed in response to so-called "drive-by" lawsuits in
which unscrupulous plaintiffs search properties for minor
violations — such as the width of a van-accessible parking
space being a couple of inches too narrow or the height of a
handicapped-parking sign being a few inches too low or too high
— and then demand cash settlements to dismiss their lawsuits.
In addition to the 90-day grace period, the law requires that
sufficient detail and notice be given to
