Bryan Bashin, a blind camping enthusiast, brought suit under the California False Claims Act (CFCA) and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act after learning that Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc. and its contractor, US eDirect, Inc., had contracted with the California Department of Parks and Recreation to deliver a public-facing reservations website that was accessible to blind users–and then delivered a website that was not accessible. The case settled in November 2023.
More information on the case is available from Relman Colfax, our co-counsel in this matter.
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Case Citation
State of California ex rel. Bryan Bashin v. Conduent, Inc. et al., Case No. RG18888208 (Cal. Super. Ct.) (filed Jan. 8, 2018).