November 2021 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 398 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in November.
• Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Health Care Equipment & Services were targeted most.
• 4 Plaintiffs filed 47% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• MIZRAHI KROUB LLP filed the most complaints in November with 218 lawsuits in New York.
• Most lawsuits (77%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 17%
• We detected that 8% of litigated websites in November are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.

 

Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Health Care Equipment & Services were targeted most in November with a combined total of 198 lawsuits (thats 49.75%)

Most lawsuits (77%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 17%

Third-Party Overlays

We detected that 8% of litigated websites in November 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

YENSY CONTRERAS is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 55 lawsuits in November.

MIZRAHI KROUB LLP filed the most complaints in November with 218 lawsuits in New York. GOTTLIEB & ASSOCIATES came in second place with 45 filings in New York.