June 2022 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 217 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in June.
• Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Retailing were targeted most.
• 7 Plaintiffs filed 41% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• MIZRAHI KROUB LLP filed the most complaints in June with 63 lawsuits in New York.
• Most lawsuits (76%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 23%
• None of the litigated Websites in June seemed to employ Third-party Overlay tools.

 

Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Retailing were targeted most in June with a combined total of 111 lawsuits (thats 51.16%)

Most lawsuits (76%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 23%

Third-Party Overlays

None of the litigated Websites in June 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

VERONICA MADDY is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 18 lawsuits in June.

MIZRAHI KROUB LLP filed the most complaints in June with 63 lawsuits in New York. PACIFIC TRIAL ATTORNEYS, APC came in second place with 38 filings in California.