Monthly report
Digital accessibility lawsuitsMay 2026
Federal website accessibility lawsuits fell 10% in May 2026, to 224 filings across 20 states, while the share brought by repeat plaintiffs dropped to 91%.
Counts cover all 224 filings, and the percentages come from an in-depth review of 114 of them.
Filings fell 10% from the month before, to 224 in May from 250 in April.
Equal Access Law Group PLLC filed 54% of all complaints, down from 66% in April but still more than four times the share of any other firm.
81% of complaints sought a class covering the whole country, up from 73% in April.
The share brought by repeat plaintiffs fell to 91%, down from 99% in April.
Nelson Fernandez, with 115 earlier cases in the archive, was among the month's plaintiffs, the highest repeat count.
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The headline figures are open to everyone. The report behind this form is the working detail: what 114 complaints actually said, and the companies, plaintiffs and firms behind them.
- What the complaints alleged, set against what scanners actually find
- The relief asked for, the laws cited and the WCAG version named
- Selected companies sued this month, each linked to its case
- The defendants already in our archive
- Where the cases were filed, across 20 states
- The plaintiffs behind them and the firms acting for them