March 2025 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 116 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in March.
• Consumer Durables & Apparel, Retailing and Food, Beverage & Tobacco were targeted most.
• 7 Plaintiffs filed 44% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• STEIN SAKS, PLLC filed the most complaints in March with 30 lawsuits in New York.
• Most lawsuits (56%) were filed in New York with Illinois coming in second at 25%
• We detected that 1% of litigated websites in March are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel, Retailing and Food, Beverage & Tobacco were targeted most in March with a combined total of 86 lawsuits (thats 74.13%)

Most lawsuits (56%) were filed in New York with Illinois coming in second at 25%

Third-Party Overlays

We detected that 1% of litigated websites in March 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

SIMON ISAKOV is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 10 lawsuits in March.

STEIN SAKS, PLLC filed the most complaints in March with 30 lawsuits in New York. EQUAL ACCESS LAW GROUP, PLLC came in second place with 22 filings in New York.