August 2022 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 184 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in August.
• Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Consumer Durables & Apparel were targeted most.
• 6 Plaintiffs filed 45% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• MARS KHAIMOV LAW, PLLC filed the most complaints in August with 68 lawsuits in New York.
• Most lawsuits (95%) were filed in New York
• None of the litigated Websites in August seemed to employ Third-party Overlay tools.

 

Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Consumer Durables & Apparel were targeted most in August with a combined total of 107 lawsuits (thats 58.14%)

Third-Party Overlays

None of the litigated Websites in August seemed to employ Third-party Overlay tools.

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

MARINA ISKHAKOVA is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 15 lawsuits in August.

MARS KHAIMOV LAW, PLLC filed the most complaints in August with 68 lawsuits in New York. STEIN SAKS, PLLC came in second place with 38 filings in New York.