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Monthly report

Digital accessibility lawsuitsFebruary 2026

Federal website accessibility lawsuits rose 3% in February 2026, with 271 complaints filed across 21 states as repeat litigation climbed sharply.

271cases filed
77%could not complete a purchase
80%brought by a repeat plaintiff
52%filed by a single law firm

Counts cover all 271 filings, and the percentages come from an in-depth review of 142 of them.

  • Equal Access Law Group PLLC filed 52% of the complaints, down from 60% in January but still the dominant filer by a wide margin.

  • Nationwide class certification was sought in 77% of complaints, a slight drop from 80% in January.

  • Windy Lucius filed complaints in February despite having 106 earlier cases in the archive, the highest repeat-plaintiff count this month.

  • 38 defendants had already been sued in an earlier case, showing that one complaint does not end exposure.

  • Consumer goods companies were sued most often, accounting for 38% of defendants, followed by retailers at 31%.

99%asked a court to order the website fixed
77%sought a class covering the whole country
57%asked for compensatory damages

Read the full report

The headline figures are open to everyone. The report behind this form is the working detail: what the 142 complaints we read actually said, and every company, plaintiff and firm involved across all 271 filings.

  • What the complaints alleged, set against what scanners actually find
  • The relief asked for, the laws cited and the WCAG version named
  • Every company sued this month, with its industry and filing date
  • The defendants already in our archive
  • Where the cases were filed, across 21 states
  • The plaintiffs behind them and the firms acting for them

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