By: John W. Egan
Seyfarth Synopsis: A New York federal court recently dismissed a website accessibility action as “moot,” based on the defendant’s submitted evidence that it took “commercially reasonable” steps to make its website accessible and plaintiff’s failure to submit any evidence to the contrary.
Some clients ask why they should work towards making their websites accessible when they
Continue Reading Lawsuit Dismissed As Moot Based on (Unrebutted) Evidence that Website is AccessibleBy: Kristina M. Launey & Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs filed 3,117 website accessibility lawsuits in federal court in 2025 – a 27% increase from 2024.
Website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal court bounced back from their two-year decline in 2025, with a significant increase from 2024 filings. The total number of lawsuits filed in federal court alleging
Continue Reading Federal Court Website Accessibility Lawsuit Filings Bounce Back in 2025
By: Pamela C. Huynh and Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth synopsis: Another federal judge in NY scrutinizes a serial plaintiff’s standing to sue and sua sponte orders discovery and an evidentiary hearing into jurisdictional issues.
The copy‑and‑paste nature of a serial plaintiff’s boilerplate complaint in a website accessibility lawsuit has given another judge in the Southern District of New York reason
Continue Reading NY Judge Questions Plaintiff’s Pet Plushie Purchase Tale; Orders Jurisdictional Discovery in Website Access Suit
By: Ashley S. Jenkins, Kristina M. Launey, John W. Egan
Seyfarth synopsis: The DOJ filed a Statement of Interest opposing the settlement of a website accessibility class action in California federal court, arguing it does not ensure increased access and disproportionately compensates plaintiffs’ attorneys over the class members with vision disabilities. The DOJ also asserted that Class Counsel’s
Continue Reading DOJ Throws Wrench Into Proposed ADA Website Accessibility Class SettlementBy: Minh N. Vu, Kristina M. Launey & Susan Ryan
Seyfarth Synopsis: ADA Title III lawsuit filings in federal courts remained steady in 2025, with California, Florida, and New York retaining the top three spots for filings, and no slowdown in sight.
We’ve been tracking ADA Title III cases in federal court for 13 years now, starting back when
Continue Reading ADA Title III Federal Lawsuit Filings Fall Slightly to 8,667 in 2025By: Minh N. Vu, Kristina M. Launey, and Susan Ryan
Seyfarth Synopsis: Mid-year federal lawsuit counts show a continued rebound trend from 2023’s low.
Since we started tracking ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal courts at the mid-point of the year in 2017, we’ve seen ebbs and flows of activity in the first six months of each
Continue Reading 2025 Mid-Year Report: ADA Title III Federal Lawsuit Numbers Continue To Rebound
Seyfarth Synopsis: Disability advocates issue demands to retailers about their allegedly inaccessible websites shortly after the EAA takes effect.
By: John W. Egan, Yana Komsitsky, Kristina M. Launey, and Minh N. Vu.
U.S. businesses that provide consumer facing websites and mobile apps to customers in the European Union should take note that the European Accessibility Act
Continue Reading European Accessibility Act Poses New Challenges for US Companies with Customers in the EU
By: John W. Egan and Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: Two recent New York district court decisions underscore how serial website accessibility plaintiffs are encountering greater challenges to demonstrate their standing to pursue ADA claims in federal court.
SDNY Judge Orders Jurisdictional Discovery
In Fernandez v. Buffalo Jackson Trading Co., LLC, U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan granted the defendant’s
Continue Reading New York Federal Courts Are Not Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for Serial Plaintiffs in Website Accessibility Lawsuits AnymoreBy Kristina M. Launey & Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs filed 2,452 website accessibility lawsuits in federal court in 2024 – a 13% decrease from 2023.
Website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal court fell for the second consecutive year in 2024, with a significant decrease from 2023 filings. The total number of lawsuits filed in federal court alleging that
Continue Reading Federal Court Website Accessibility Lawsuit Filings Continue to Decrease in 2024
By: Lotus Cannon and Kristina Launey
Seyfarth Synopsis: Are web-only businesses subject to Title III? A Minnesota federal court joins the controversy and says yes.
Courts around the country are split on the issue of whether a “place of public accommodation” subject to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act must have a physical location where it serves the
Continue Reading Minnesota District Court Says Web-Only Businesses Are Subject to Title III of the ADA