(November 16, 2016, 12:47 PM EST) -- SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In a pair of Nov. 2 rulings, a Massachusetts federal judge denied motions by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to stay or dismiss class claims brought by a deaf advocacy organization over the schools’ purported failure to provide websites that are equally accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired individuals (National Association of the Deaf, et al. v. Harvard University, et al., No. 3:15-cv-30023, D. Mass; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152667; and National Association of the Deaf, et al. v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, No. 3:15-cv-30024, D. Mass; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153388)....