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New York Federal Courts Are Not Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for Serial Plaintiffs in Website Accessibility Lawsuits Anymore

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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....more

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Courts Reject Theoretical Privacy Violations Due to Lack of Standing

Courts across the country are becoming skeptical of data breach and web tracking claims that assert theoretical privacy violations without alleging any actual injury to the plaintiffs. Recent decisions underscore that courts...more

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Privacy ‘Testers’ Don’t Have Standing to Sue, Court Rules

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If you are “tester” who actively seeks out privacy violations and files lawsuits to ensure legal compliance (as many class action lawsuit plaintiffs are), you do NOT have Article III standing to sue, according to a recent...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Revisiting the Second Circuit’s ADA Lawsuit Standard

In June 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided the matter of Calcano v. Swarvoski North America Ltd. In Calcano, Plaintiffs, who are visually impaired, filed an Americans with Disabilities Act...more

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Unwrapping 2024’s Key Trends in Data Privacy Litigation

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Data breaches made headlines throughout 2024, affecting governments, health care groups, and telecoms. Follow-on litigation has kept pace. Nearly 4,000 class actions involving data privacy issues are estimated to be filed in...more

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[Webinar] ADA Website Compliance Obligations for Businesses - October 23rd, 1:00 pm EST

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As in years past, the number of lawsuits filed against hotels, restaurants, and other places of public accommodation alleging that their websites violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) has continued to rise...more

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Supreme Court Sidesteps Ruling on ADA ‘Tester’ Case... For Now

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The Supreme Court earlier this month declined to address who has standing to sue a business whose website violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, the justices unanimously remanded...more

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SCOTUS keeps issue of “tester” standing alive, dismissing ADA website appeal as moot

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On December 5, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, declined to substantively address a question businesses across the country have been eager to resolve: That is, whether a “tester”...more

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The Supreme Court Keeps Issue of “Tester” Standing Alive, Dismissing ADA Website Appeal as Moot

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On December 5, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, declined to substantively address a question businesses across the country have been eager to resolve: That is, whether a “tester”...more

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Do ADA Testers Have Standing? SCOTUS Takes the Easy Way Out - SCOTUS Today

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Although the Supreme Court already has heard a number of significant arguments, this term has not yet seen any major substantive opinions. This is not to say that there isn’t a lot going on at, or on the way to, the Court....more

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Supreme Court punts question on ‘tester’ standing for ADA Title III violations

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After the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on the propriety of “tester” standing (Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer), interested parties have anxiously awaited the Supreme Court’s much-needed guidance on who may sue for...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

With Fourth and Inches, SCOTUS Punts Standing Issue of ADA Accommodation “Testers”

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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its much anticipated ruling in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer vacating the matter as moot. Doing so, SCOTUS left private business owners grappling with the existing...more

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SCOTUS Punts on Whether ADA “Testers” Have Standing in Acheson v. Laufer

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  SCOTUS’s refusal to clarify standing requirements for “tester” plaintiffs in ADA Title III lawsuits means it’s business as usual for the plaintiffs’ bar....more

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The Supreme Court Update - December 5, 2023

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision: Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, No. 22-429: Deborah Laufer sued hundreds of hotels under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §...more

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SCOTUS Leaves Businesses Hanging: Your 4-Step Plan to Avoid ADA Accommodation “Tester” Cases

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After waiting nearly a year for a decision that would have provided businesses with some much-needed clarity (and hopefully some relief), the Supreme Court tossed from its docket a case involving a legal “tester” who “surfed...more

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Supreme Court Questions Whether ADA Tester Case Is Moot

On October 4, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in a highly-anticipated case over whether a self-proclaimed “tester” plaintiff has standing to bring Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims...more

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SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Acheson v. Laufer

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  SCOTUS asked revealing questions in Wednesday's Acheson v. Laufer oral argument, but left attendees wondering whether the Court will provide much-needed guidance on the so-called “tester standing” issue...more

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Plaintiff-Friendly New York Courts Change Course in Three Recent Decisions in Website Accessibility Cases

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Seyfarth Synopsis: New York federal courts have generally been friendly to plaintiffs in website accessibility lawsuits, but a few recent decisions are demanding more of plaintiffs to establish standing....more

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SCOTUS UPDATE:  Opening Brief Filed in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer

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Seyfarth synopsis: The opening brief in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, the first case to reach the U.S. Supreme Court in more than 18 years, was filed yesterday....more

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Testing, Testing – U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh In on Whether ADA Accessibility “Testers” Have Standing to Sue

Can someone who has no intention of using your services or buying your products sue you because your website is not accessible? In Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, the United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Do Individuals Who Have No Intent to Use Your Business’s Services Have Standing to Sue Your Company for Potential ADA...

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On March 27, 2023, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Laufer v. Acheson Hotels to decide this very issue. Deborah Laufer, who has various physical impairments, is a serial litigant who has filed hundreds...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split Over Whether ‘Testers’ Have Standing to Pursue ADA Suits

The Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear a case concerning a self-appointed “tester’s” standing to bring claims alleging a hotel violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide...more

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SCOTUS Will Hear Case About ADA Accommodation “Tester” Who Sued Business She Never Planned to Visit

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The Supreme Court just agreed on Monday to weigh in on whether a private citizen can serve as a legal “tester” that goes from business to business looking for – and suing for – alleged violations of the Americans with...more

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SCOTUS agrees to hear ADA case on standing of website tester

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case in which the question presented is whether an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) “tester” has Article III standing to challenge a place of public...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Future of ADA Hotel Litigation

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear the case of Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer  and finally resolve the question of whether “tester” plaintiffs have standing to sue a hotel company that fails to...more

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