On August 27, 2008, Target and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) announced that both parties have agreed to a class action settlement over complaints about the accessibility of Target’s Web site, www.target.com.  Rulings by Northern District of California Judge Marilyn Hall Patel that both the Americans with Disabilities Act and the State Unruh Civil Rights Act are applicable to businesses’ Web sites were particularly crucial, said one attorney interviewed in a Law.com article. According to Ars Technica, the terms require that Target pay $6 million to members of the class action suit, make its Web site more accessible, and pay a portion of NFB’s costs for training Target employees on accessibility design.

• Read the Law.com article
• Read the Ars Technica article
• Read the NFB Press Release
• Read the WebAIM blog post on this story
• Read the Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch article