February 2024 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 132 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in February.
• Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Consumer Durables & Apparel and Retailing were targeted most.
• 7 Plaintiffs filed 42% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• STEIN SAKS, PLLC filed the most complaints in February with 32 lawsuits in New York.
• Most lawsuits (62%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 19%
• We detected that 9% of litigated websites in February are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Consumer Durables & Apparel and Retailing were targeted most in February with a combined total of 99 lawsuits (thats 75%)

Most lawsuits (62%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 19%

Third-Party Overlays

We detected that 9% of litigated websites in February 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

ANDREW TORO is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 12 lawsuits in February.

STEIN SAKS, PLLC filed the most complaints in February with 32 lawsuits in New York. MARS KHAIMOV LAW, PLLC came in second place with 30 filings in New York.