September 2024 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 73 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in September.
• Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Retailing and Consumer Durables & Apparel were targeted most.
• 6 Plaintiffs filed 43% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in September with 22 lawsuits in California.
• Most lawsuits (50%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 34%
• We detected that 1% of litigated websites in September are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Retailing and Consumer Durables & Apparel were targeted most in September with a combined total of 46 lawsuits (thats 63.02%)

Most lawsuits (50%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 34%

Third-Party Overlays

We detected that 1% of litigated websites in September 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

PERLA MAGENO is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 9 lawsuits in September.

MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in September with 22 lawsuits in California. JOSEPH & NORINSBERG, LLC came in second place with 11 filings in New York.