April 2025 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 82 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in April.
• Consumer Durables & Apparel, Food, Beverage & Tobacco and Retailing were targeted most.
• 6 Plaintiffs filed 43% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• EQUAL ACCESS LAW GROUP, PLLC filed the most complaints in April with 26 lawsuits in Illinois.
• Most lawsuits (32%) were filed in Illinois with California coming in second at 29%
• We detected that 2% of litigated websites in April are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel, Food, Beverage & Tobacco and Retailing were targeted most in April with a combined total of 57 lawsuits (thats 69.51%)

Most lawsuits (32%) were filed in Illinois with California coming in second at 29%

Third-Party Overlays

We detected that 2% of litigated websites in April are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.

Typically overlays, or widgets, apply a third-party's source code to the existing webpage in an effort to change the user experience by overriding or altering elements of the page. Overlays are often used in-place of manual identification and resolution of accessibility barriers. Because such overlays try to hide underlying accessibility issues, their effectiveness is debated and their use seems to promote the idea that website operators need not concern themselves with the accessibility of their webpages. There has been an increase in the number of lawsuits against websites that use third-party overlays.

Plaintiffs Who Filed the Most Lawsuits

PERLA MAGENO is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 11 lawsuits in April.

EQUAL ACCESS LAW GROUP, PLLC filed the most complaints in April with 26 lawsuits in Illinois. MANNING LAW, APC came in second place with 24 filings in California.