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Monthly report

Digital accessibility lawsuitsSeptember 2026

Federal website accessibility lawsuits fell 18% in September to 148, with Gottlieb & Associates PLLC filing 55% and repeat plaintiffs bringing 97%.

148cases filed
53%could not complete a purchase
97%brought by a repeat plaintiff
55%filed by a single law firm

Counts cover all 148 filings, and the percentages come from an in-depth review of 74 of them.

  • Filings fell 18% from August, to 148 from 180.

  • Gottlieb & Associates PLLC filed 55% of complaints, up from 37% in August.

  • Repeat plaintiffs brought 97% of complaints, up from 89% in August.

  • Luis Licea, with 345 earlier cases in the archive, was among the month's plaintiffs, the highest repeat count.

  • 85% of complaints cited the New York State Human Rights Law and 77% cited the New York City Human Rights Law.

99%asked a court to order the website fixed
76%sought a class covering the whole country
81%asked for compensatory damages

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The headline figures are open to everyone. The report behind this form is the working detail: what 74 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 8 states
  • The plaintiffs behind them and the firms acting for them

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