{"id":12319,"date":"2021-01-23T14:02:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T14:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.websearchpros.com\/?p=12319"},"modified":"2021-01-23T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T14:02:52","slug":"angeles-v-funimation-global-group-llc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/2021\/01\/23\/angeles-v-funimation-global-group-llc\/","title":{"rendered":"ANGELES v. FUNIMATION GLOBAL GROUP, LLC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"legal_whom\">\n<div class=\"plaintiff_block\">\n<div class=\"plaintiff_content\">\n<h2>Plaintiff<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"legal_ul\">\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Name:<\/span> Jenisa Angeles<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Filing date:<\/span> January 13, 2021<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">State of filing:<\/span> New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"defendant_block\">\n<div class=\"defendant_content\">\n<h2>Defendant<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"legal_ul\">\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Name:<\/span> Funimation Global Group, LLC<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Website:<\/span> <a class=\"defendant_website\" href=\"http:\/\/shop.funimation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shop.funimation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Industry:<\/span> Entertainment<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Summary:<\/span> Funimation sells anime, cartoons, related figures, toys, and accessories from a wide array of subjects including Dragonball Z,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legal_summary\">\n<h2>Case Summary<\/h2>\n<p>On January 13, 2021, Jenisa Angeles filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Funimation Global Group, LLC. Plaintiff Jenisa Angeles alleges that <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.funimation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shop.funimation.com<\/a> is not accessible per the WCAG 2.1 accessibility standard(s).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legal_case_details\">\n<h2>Case Details<\/h2>\n<h3>Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>Many features on the Website lacks alt. text<\/li>\n<li>Many features on the Website also fail to Add a label element or title attribute for each field.<\/li>\n<li>Many pages on the Website also contain the same title elements.<\/li>\n<li>The Website also contained a host of broken links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>VIOLATIONS OF THE ADA, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 12181 et seq.<\/li>\n<li>VIOLATIONS OF THE NYCHRL<\/li>\n<li>DECLARATORY RELIEF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>A preliminary and permanent injunction to prohibit Defendant from violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 12182, et seq., N.Y.C. Administrative Code \u00a7 8-107, et seq., and the laws of New York<\/li>\n<li>A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take all the steps necessary to make its Website into full compliance with the requirements set forth in the ADA, and its implementing regulations, so that the Website is readily accessible to and usable by blind individuals<\/li>\n<li>A declaration that Defendant owns, maintains and\/or operates its Website in a manner that discriminates against the blind and which fails to provide access for persons with disabilities as required by Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 12182, et seq., N.Y.C. Administrative Code \u00a7 8-107, et seq., and the laws of New York<\/li>\n<li>An order certifying the Class and Sub-Classes under Fed. R. Civ. 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subjects including Dragonball Z, Case Summary On January 13, 2021, Jenisa Angeles filed a Complaint in 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