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On May 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with the Louisiana Supreme Court (LSC) to resolve complaints of national origin and language based discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the state courts of Louisiana. The settlement will ensure provision of oral and written language […]
Company Description Bromberg & Associates, LLC, is a full-spectrum Language Solutions Company (LSC) offering foreign language translation and interpreting services, including Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), over the phone interpreting (OPI) and on-site interpreting. We also perform website translation and localization, cultural awareness training, multilingual desktop publishing, audio/video services, language training and much more. We work with […]
Paraphrasing William Shakespeare: To Google Translate or To Not Google Translate, that is the question. It is only natural to presume that I-Phones, I-Pads, laptops, and other computing devices can correctly answer virtually any questions we have. Use of technology is so pervasive that many people turn to technology for help with mundane as well […]
A New York City health care system recently launched a Language Rights Awareness campaign to promote patient rights to language services and help eliminate barriers to care, improve patient safety and increase patient satisfaction. New York City Health + Hospitals (NYC HH) is the largest public health care system in the nation serving more than […]
The U.S. Department of Justice just announced a consent agreement with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) to resolve complaints of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) discrimination. AICPA and NASBA are private organizations that provide computer-based testing for certification and credentialing of aspiring […]
Google Translate and other online translation apps, devices, and related technology are readily available. They are used frequently for numerous translations. However, use of and reliance on online translation technology is truly a fraught exercise. While capable of translating individual words or simple commands accurately, Google Translate and its compatriot technologies cannot accurately translate paragraphs, […]
In November 2018, a federal judge in Wisconsin dismissed an Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination case against Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. The court decided that even if the hospital had discriminated against the deaf mother of two infant patients, as she claimed, she could recover no money damages because she had no evidence to satisfy […]
Bromberg & Associates is a proud sponsor of this year’s 7th Annual Packzi Run hosted by Tour de Troit on March 2nd! The 7th Annual Packzi Run featured a 5K tour around the city of Hamtramck, soon followed by paczki, beer & polka available for all participants at the finish line. All local businesses were encouraged […]
Two women filed a federal lawsuit in February 2019 against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency. The women, Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez, were stopped last spring near the US/Canada border by a CBP agent who asked for their identification because he heard them speaking Spanish. The border agent, identified in the lawsuit […]
On May 25, 2018, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws were officially implemented to ensure that any company, which digitally collects personal data from European Union (EU) citizen-consumers were expected to be in complete compliance with the regulations established within GDPR guidelines. In order to be in full accordance with this new regulation, companies must […]
