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Gil v. Winn-Dixie: It’s Not Over Yet

Seyfarth synopsis:  Winn-Dixie has asked the Eleventh Circuit to recall its decision to dismiss the appeal and underlying lawsuit as moot and that the decision be reconsidered by a full panel of Eleventh Circuit judges....more

Businesses Score a Few Recent Wins in Website Accessibility Lawsuits

Seyfarth Synopsis: Three businesses prevail in website accessibility lawsuits in New York and California.  Defending website accessibility lawsuits can be an expensive and difficult battle for public accommodations, but there...more

NY Federal Judge Puts the Kibosh on 17 Reservations Website Lawsuits Filed by Same Plaintiff

Seyfarth Synopsis:  After holding a consolidated evidentiary hearing, District Judge Brenda K. Sannes concluded that Plaintiff Deborah Laufer did not have standing to bring 17 lawsuits alleging that hotels failed to provide...more

Court finds Domino’s Pizza Violated the ADA by Having an Inaccessible Website and Orders WCAG Compliance

Seyfarth Synopsis: California federal trial court grants summary judgment for plaintiff, finding Domino’s violated the ADA by having a website that is inaccessible to the blind and orders Domino’s bring its website into...more

Federal Website Accessibility Lawsuits Increased in 2020 Despite Mid-Year Pandemic Lull

Seyfarth Synopsis: ADA Title III website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal courts in 2020 jumped a surprising 12% over 2019, in spite of a mid-year pandemic dip in filings....more

Eleventh Circuit Says Winn Dixie’s Inaccessible Website Does Not Violate The ADA

Seyfarth Synopsis:  The Eleventh Circuit’s much-anticipated decision in Gil v. Winn Dixie sets a higher bar for plaintiffs in website accessibility lawsuits and creates a conflict among judicial circuits that could result in...more

CA Reservations Website Litigation Update: More Cases Dismissed and Three Appeals Filed

Seyfarth synopsis: California District Judges are not convinced that hotel reservations websites have to provide detailed accessibility information....more

Criticisms of “Quick-Fix” Website Accessibility Products Highlighted in New Lawsuit

Seyfarth Synopsis: A recently-filed lawsuit recently contains a lengthy critical report by a digital accessibility consultant of accessibility issues created by an accessibility widget. ...more

A Second California State Court Judge Says the ADA Covers Online-Only Businesses

Seyfarth Synopsis: California state courts are becoming an even friendlier jurisdiction for plaintiffs filing lawsuits about allegedly inaccessible websites....more

ADA TITLE III Litigation: A 2019 Review And Hot Trends For 2020

Seyfarth synopsis: ADA Title III lawsuits flooded federal courts in 2019 and will likely continue to do so in 2020 with new theories for the courts to consider. ...more

Federal Website Access Lawsuit Numbers Increase 7 Percent in 2019, With Possible Bump from Supreme Court Denial of Cert in...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Website accessibility lawsuit filings in federal court in 2019 are on track to exceed 2018.  Will we see an increase in filings as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision not to review the Ninth Circuit’s...more

Supreme Court Declines to Review Ninth Circuit Decision in Robles v. Domino’s, Exposing Businesses to More Website Accessibility...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court Leaves the Ninth Circuit’s Robles v. Domino’s decision intact, dashing businesses’ hope for some relief from website accessibility lawsuits....more

Plaintiff Robles Files His Opposition To Domino’s Petition For Certiorari

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear its first website accessibility case now that briefing on Domino’s Petition for Certiorari is complete....more

Fourth Circuit Says Inability To Get Information From Website, Without More, Is Not Enough To Establish Standing To Sue

Seyfarth Synopsis: Courts in the Fourth Circuit are taking a hard look at a plaintiffs’ standing in website accessibility cases. In a small but potentially important victory for defendants facing website accessibility...more

Domino’s Files Petition For US Supreme Court Review Of Unfavorable Website Access Decision

Domino’s filed its petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court today, June 13, 2019, asking the Court to review and overturn the Ninth Circuit’s decision which allowed a website accessibility lawsuit to...more

New York Lawmakers Plan To Address Website Accessibility

Seyfarth Synopsis: A Committee in the New York State Senate aims to develop a legal standard for the accessibility of business websites under New York law, in response to the exponential increase in website accessibility...more

Number Of Federal Website Accessibility Lawsuits Nearly Triple, Exceeding 2250 In 2018

As we had predicted, the number of website accessibility lawsuits (i.e. lawsuits alleging that plaintiffs with a disability could not use websites because they were not coded to work with assistive technologies like screen...more

Ninth Circuit Allow the Robles v. Domino’s Website and Mobile App Accessibility Lawsuit to Move Forward

Seyfarth Synopsis: Ninth Circuit overturns district court’s dismissal of website accessibility lawsuit on due process and primary jurisdiction grounds, remands case to proceed with discovery....more

Airline’s Provision Of Alternative Accessible Website Triggers Hefty Fine Under the Air Carrier Access Act

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Transportation says that an airline’s provision of an accessible alternative website violates the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA), so are such websites an acceptable means of providing...more

DOJ Says Failure To Comply With Web Accessibility Guidelines Is Not Necessarily A Violation Of The ADA

Seyfarth Synopsis: DOJ’s response to members of Congress about the explosion in website accessibility lawsuits contains some helpful guidance for public accommodations fighting these claims....more

Defendants Fighting Website Accessibility Cases Face An Uphill Battle In 2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs secure a second judgment in a federal website accessibility lawsuit while most of the others successfully fended off motions to dismiss. ...more

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