Harvard, MIT Deny Websites’ ADA Violations Alleged By Deaf Organization

Mealey's (December 13, 2016, 3:31 PM EST) -- SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In answers filed Dec. 9 in Massachusetts federal court, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) each deny a deaf advocacy organization’s putative class claims that their websites violated federal law because they are not equally accessible for hearing-impaired individuals (National Association of the Deaf, et al. v. Harvard University, et al., No. 3:15-cv-30023, D. Mass; and National Association of the Deaf, et al. v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, No. 3:15-cv-30024, D. Mass.)....