Monthly Website Accessibility Lawsuit Recap

Dated List

July 2021

Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Services and Food, Beverage & Tobacco were targeted most in July with a combined total of 76 lawsuits (that's 43.18%). Most lawsuits (47%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 45%. We detected that 23% of litigated websites in July are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool. MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in July with 29 lawsuits in California.

June 2021

Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Software & Services were targeted most in June with a combined total of 75 lawsuits (38.66%). Most lawsuits (61%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 30%. We detected that 6% of litigated websites in June are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool. COHEN & MIZRAHI LLP filed the most complaints in June with 28 lawsuits in New York.

May 2021

In May, 187 website accessibility lawsuits were filed. The majority of lawsuits continue to be filed in New York. This month, we detected third-party accessibility overlays on 17% of litigated websites, up 10% from April.

April 2021

In April there were 177 website accessibility lawsuits, with almost half targeting the consumer industries of Consumer Durables & Apparel, Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples. Most lawsuits (70%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 24%. We detected that 7% of litigated websites in April are using a third-party accessibility overlay tool.

March 2021

March was a record-breaking month, with the 248 website accessibility lawsuits filed in March representing the highest single-month total in our database's history. Notably, for the second month in a row, WCAG 2.0 was referenced more often than WCAG 2.1.

February 2021

In February there were 218 website accessibility lawsuits filed. More than 60% of them were filed in New York and more than 95% cite a lack of WCAG compliance. Interestingly, WCAG 2.0 was referenced more often than WCAG 2.1, although that's unlikely to become a lasting trend.

January 2021

With 137 lawsuits filed in January, the year is off to a slightly slower start, but there's no reason to believe these cases are disappearing any time soon. It was interesting to see that only four more cases in January cited WCAG 2.1 than cited WCAG 2.0 and that one of the plaintiffs who filed the most lawsuits resides in Florida. Beyond that, January stayed true to the preceding months' trends.

December 2020

The 230 lawsuits filed in December were the most in any month of the year. Unsurprisingly, the consumer goods industry was targeted the most. Notably, one plaintiff filed more than 15% of total lawsuits.

November 2020

Many of the year's top trends continued in November, as New York saw the most lawsuits for the seventh straight month, WCAG 2.1 reigns supreme, and the consumer goods industry was targeted the most.

October 2020

Lawsuits filed continue to hover around 200, with the bulk coming out of New York. WCAG 2.1 dominates as the most-cited standard across the board, with the food products industry surging in targets in October.

September 2020

September had the most website accessibility lawsuits filed in any month this year. New York had more than every other state combined, and WCAG 2.1 has secured itself as the most-referenced standard in complaints.