TRE LEGAL PRACTICE
We're a civil rights law firm focusing on the rights of the blind and other disabled people to access employment, education, government programs, public accommodations, accessible technology and all other aspects of society.
Ms. Martinez, a blind entrepreneur, sought to file a form in person at Alameda County’s Clerk-Recorder’s Office (“CRO”). While there, Ms. Martinez sought an auxiliary aid or service to assist her in making CRO-required corrections to her Fictitious Business Name Statement (“FBN”) so it could be contemporaneously filed during her visit, a common practice for […]
This is a qui tam action against Conduent Incorporated, Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc. , and US eDirect, Inc. to recover damages, civil penalties, and attorneys’ fees and costs on behalf of California for the Defendants’ violation of the California False Claims Act, Government Code sections 12651(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(8), in connection with a […]
TRE Legal Practice (TRE) and Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) filed a disability rights lawsuit in California State Court against the California Department of Insurance (CDI) for its failure to ensure the accessibility of its licensing exam for insurance agents to blind applicants. The lawsuit also includes claims against PSI Services, the private entity that CDI […]
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To address this, TRE Legal Practice worked on behalf of two blind college students to reach a settlement agreement with West Valley College, using an alternative to lawsuits called structured negotiations. […]
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In a crucial decision upholding equal access to the Internet, on November 5, 2019, a state court in Alameda County validated the legal bases underlying a fraud whistleblower complaint against Conduent, Inc. and Conduent State & Local Solutions for developing a public website that is inaccessible to people with disabilities. […]
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