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Citibank Preliminary Talking ATM agreement (California Council of the Blind)

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 1999

Closed Date: April 1, 2001

In the late 1990's, the claimant parties--various vision-impaired customers of Citibank as well as the California Council of the Blind--sent a letter to Citibank in which they claimed that the bank had failed to adequately accommodate the needs of vision-impaired customers with respect to automatic teller machines (ATM). In response, Citibank informed the claimants that it wished to provide equal access for vision-impaired persons to ATM services, and the parties entered into structured negoti…
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Rite Aid Accessible Web and Point of Sale Agreement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: April 15, 2005

Closed Date: March 31, 2008

In April 2005, several non-profit organizations, including the American Foundation for the Blind, American Council of the Blind and California Council of the Blind, contacted Rite Aid to express concern about difficulties that its customers with visual impairments and other disabilities were having with the use of Rite Aid's Point of Sale (POS) devices. Later, in June 2005, the complaining organizations notified Rite Aid of difficulties that visually impaired customers were having using the co…
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Staples Accessible Web Site and Point of Sale Settlement Agreement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 2009

Closed Date: 2010

During 2008, public interest attorneys representing the American Council of the Blind (ACB), the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), the California Council of the Blind (CCB), and the Bay State Council of the Blind (BSCB) used structured negotiation to establish a settlement agreement with the publicly traded office supply company Staples. Under the settlement, Staples agreed to install tactile point of sale devices at all of its California stores by December 31, 2009, and in all of the r…
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Dollar General Settlement Agreement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 2008

This is an out-of-court settlement relating to visual accessibility at Dollar General Stores. Clients of American Council of the Blind (ACB) and American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) claimed that they and other blind and visually-impaired persons were denied full access to the services provided by the Dollar General Stores because of the inaccessibility of certain Point of Sale (POS) devices.On October 27, 2008, the parties entered into the agreement to resolve the claims and to avoid litigat…
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TCF Bank Talking ATM and Alternative Formats Settlement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2008

Closed Date: 2008

On October 1, 2008, the blind community, represented by Lainey Feingold and attorneys from Equip for Equality in Chicago entered into a settlement agreement with TCF Bank. The parties negotiated the settlement using structured negotiations. Under the terms of the agreement, TCF agreed to install talking ATMs so that blind people could use the ATMs without assistance. The bank also agreed to provide headphones for blind people so that they could use the talking ATMs. Finally, the Bank agreed…
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UCSF Medical Center Settlement Agreement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 2006

Closed Date: 2010

In 2006, attorneys representing individuals with visual impairments, hearing impairments, speech impairments, and other disabilities that limit or make difficult the major life activities of seeing, hearing, speaking, reading, and communicating entered into structured negotiations with the University of California, San Francsico (UCSF). The parties reached a settlement agreement on November 2, 2006.Under the terms of the settlement, the UCSF Medical Center agreed to make health care more acces…
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Accessible Credit Reports Agreement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 2005

Closed Date: 2011

In April 2005, attorneys representing individuals who were blind or visually impaired entered into structured negotiations with Equifax Information Services LLC ("Equifax"), Experian Information Solutions, Inc. ("Experian"), and TransUnion LLC ("TransUnion"). In September 2005, the parties entered into a settlement agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, three credit report companies agreed to take affirmative steps to make sure that blind people could read the credit reports that they …
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7-Eleven Point of Sale Agreement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 2007

Closed Date: 2009

In 2007, attorneys representing blind and visually impaired persons entered into structured negotiations with 7-Eleven stores. On October 31, 2007, the parties entered into a settlement agreement.Under the terms of the agreement, 7-Eleven agreed to put equipment in every store in the U.S. so that blind people can enter PINs (secret codes) when using debit cards. All 7-Eleven Point of Sale devices will have keypads (like telephone keypads with a raised dot on the five key) by the end of 2009.
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San Francisco APS Agreement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 2007

Closed Date: 2010

In 2007, attorneys representing blind and visually impaired persons entered into structured negotiations with the City of San Francisco. On May 16, 2007, the parties entered into a settlement agreement about the city's Accessible Pedestrian Signals. These signals, also called APS, make a sound when the walk sign is on. The signals also vibrate when the walk sign is on. This agreement was the first of its kind in the United States. The City agreed to spend at least 1.6 million dollars and insta…
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RadioShack POS and Web Agreement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 2007

Closed Date: 2008

In 2007, attorneys representing blind and visually impaired persons engaged in structured negotiations with RadioShack. On May 1, 2007, the parties entered into a settlement agreement.Under the terms of the agreement, RadioShack agreed to add keys to its payment devices that a person could feel so that blind people could use payment cards and enter PINs. RadioShack also agreed to make changes to its website in order to make it easier for people with disabilities to use the site.