July 2024 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 103 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in July.
• Consumer Durables & Apparel, Retailing and Food, Beverage & Tobacco were targeted most.
• 8 Plaintiffs filed 43% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• STEIN SAKS, PLLC filed the most complaints in July with 33 lawsuits in New York.
• Most lawsuits (65%) were filed in New York
• We detected that 5% of litigated websites in July are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel, Retailing and Food, Beverage & Tobacco were targeted most in July with a combined total of 80 lawsuits (thats 77.67%)

Third-Party Overlays

We detected that 5% of litigated websites in July 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

TIMOTHY HERNANDEZ is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 9 lawsuits in July.

STEIN SAKS, PLLC filed the most complaints in July with 33 lawsuits in New York. GABRIEL A. LEVY, P.C. came in second place with 15 filings in New York.