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ADA Website Lawsuit Tracker

3,948 federal lawsuits filed against US business websites in 2025 alone — up 23.84% from 2024. ADA-website cases are now 36% of all ADA Title III filings, and just 31 plaintiffs file over half of them. This tracker shows the actual federal docket.

In our DB
648
federal filings tracked
Filed YTD
146
2026 so far
Last 30 days
53
rolling window
Last 7 days
12
this week
Distinct defendants
637
companies named
Distinct plaintiff names
230
31 drove >50% nationally
Active districts (DB)
25
of 94 federal
Largest known settlement
$5.15M
Fashion Nova, 2025 class action
Filing velocity

Lawsuits filed per month

Federal court only. State court filings (esp. NY) add roughly 30–40% more cases not shown here.

8
24-08
17
24-09
15
24-10
1
24-11
30
24-12
4
25-01
4
25-02
21
25-03
10
25-04
5
25-05
23
25-06
12
25-07
7
25-08
19
25-09
11
25-10
1
25-11
22
25-12
5
26-01
2
26-02
23
26-03
19
26-04
31
26-05
8
26-06
24
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34
26-08

Each bar is one month of federal ADA-website filings (NOS 446) hitting our ingest pipeline. Darker = more filings.

California only · Cal. Civ. Code § 55.32

California demand letters are publicly reported

California is the only US state that requires attorneys to report every pre-litigation ADA demand letter to a public commission (CCDA). That mandatory reporting makes California the most transparent window into demand-letter volume anywhere in the country — the CCDA publishes aggregate counts, not per-letter detail.

Full CA tracker →
2025 demand letters
645
reported under § 55.32
Q1 2025
118
letters (Jan–Mar)
Q2 2025
148
letters (Apr–Jun)
H2 2025
379
letters (Jul–Dec)
2025 § 55.32 submissions · 4,355 total (complaints + letters)
State court complaints3,291 · 75.6%
Federal court complaints419 · 9.6%
Letter only (no complaint filed)645 · 14.8%

Source: CCDA 2025 State and Federal Complaints and Demand Letters Report. CCDA switched from quarterly to semi-annual reporting mid-2025; H2 covers Jul–Dec combined.

648 filings in our docket

Federal ADA website filings

Live cases from CourtListener's RECAP archive — 648 in our DB so far, against a known 2025 total of 3,948 nationally. Use the filters below to narrow by state, industry, or year. Click any case to view the docket.

Date filedDefendantPlaintiffDistrictIndustryCase #Docket link
2023-11-16Molgar Properties 1, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-02113
2023-10-30Shadowridge Park, Inc.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-02003
2023-10-30Vista International Inc.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-02000
2023-10-24SkrmettiOUTMemphisW.D. Tennesseeother2:23-cv-02670
2023-10-12Texas Southern UniversityYoungS.D. Tex.education4:23-cv-03888
2023-10-12GrossmanAntarD. Conn.other3:23-cv-01337
2023-09-29CAFE AMERICANO X BCC LLCLuciusS.D. Fla.restaurant1:23-cv-23748
2023-09-29Aventura Restaurant, LLCLuciusS.D. Fla.restaurant1:23-cv-23745
2023-09-29MMPB Group, LLCWatsonS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-23739
2023-09-29Katie's Kitty, Inc.DurantasE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-07305
2023-09-29Avenue J Florist, LLCDurantasE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-07302
2023-09-29POLLO OPERATIONS, INC.EspinozaS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-23728
2023-09-29ALDI (FLORIDA) L.L.C.CastroS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-23727
2023-09-29Stanley Steamer International, Inc.EspinalS.D.N.Y.food beverage1:23-cv-08578
2023-09-28Physio Logic Medicine, P.C.MartinezE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-07254
2023-09-28Legends Maingate, LLCClementE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-07247
2023-09-28Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store, LLCMartinezE.D.N.Y.retail1:23-cv-07229
2023-09-28Virtual Dining Concepts, LLCMartinezE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-07228
2023-09-28Restore Franchising, LLCMartinezE.D.N.Y.retail1:23-cv-07224
2023-09-28Optimal Health Systems, LLCDiMeglioS.D.N.Y.healthcare1:23-cv-08546
2023-09-28Peachy Corp.MartinezE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-07217
2023-09-26AB Hollywood LLCSlevinD. Or.other3:23-cv-01404
2023-09-25The State of GeorgiaEbaughN.D. Ga.other1:23-cv-04337
2023-09-25ROWAN UNIVERSITYDOED.N.J.education1:23-cv-20657
2023-09-21Bean N Bean Corp.DurantasE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-06982
2023-09-21Estelle's Dressy Dresses, Inc.ErkanE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-06978
2023-09-21Erstwhile Jewelry Corp.ErkanE.D.N.Y.retail1:23-cv-06977
2023-09-19City of Houston, TexasLandscape Consultants of Texas, Inc.S.D. Tex.other4:23-cv-03516
2023-09-15Baked NYC, LLCSanchezE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-06875
2023-09-141500 West Eleventh, Inc.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01704
2023-09-14VPM Glenbrook Terrace, LPUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01702
2023-09-14Arcadia Pines Properties L.L.C.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01703
2023-09-14Ch El Norte Communities LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01701
2023-09-14110 Spruce LLCUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-07687
2023-09-14Raymond Court Apartments LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.real estate2:23-cv-07686
2023-09-11Southeastern Califoria Conference of Seventh Day AdventistsUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01665
2023-09-08Everest Summit, LPUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01667
2023-09-08HFT Holdings-Teton Pines, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01668
2023-09-08Ross Apartment Company III LPUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01669
2023-09-06United African-Asian Abilities Club v.C.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-07355
2023-09-06Juniperfield LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01631
2023-09-06Buttonwood Investment Group, L.P.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.financial3:23-cv-01632
2023-09-06New Orleans II, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-07357
2023-08-21Gentry Avenue LLCUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-06858
2023-08-21Premier Wilco LLCUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-06857
2023-08-17MobileSamN.D. Ill.other3:23-cv-50301
2023-08-14CorrectHealth Clayton, LLCWarrenN.D. Ga.healthcare1:23-cv-03608
2023-08-10Blue Cross Blue Shield of MichiganJohnsonE.D. Michiganother2:23-cv-11999
2023-08-08Petree Timbers, Inc.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01450
2023-08-08HCA Sunset Trails L.P.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01457
2023-08-08810-50 Juniper (CA) LPUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01452
2023-08-08NCSVI LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-01449
2023-07-28DonaisBisasorD. New Hampshireother1:23-cv-00374
2023-07-27RaoulNational Institute of Family Life AdvocatesN.D. Ill.other3:23-cv-50279
2023-06-30City Hive, Inc.MartinE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-04933
2023-06-30Big O Tires, LLCCrumwellS.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-05673
2023-06-28Skechers U.S.A., Inc.EspinozaS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-22417
2023-06-28Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.EspinozaS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-22412
2023-06-28Panda Express, Inc.EspinozaS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-22416
2023-06-27TRU BRANDS, INC.MCMORLANDW.D. Pa.other2:23-cv-01181
2023-06-22Dave & Busters, Inc.FernandezS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-22310
2023-06-22AT&T SERVICES, INC.HERRERAD.N.J.other2:23-cv-03395
2023-06-22Billy Reid, Inc.BlackE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-04647
2023-06-22Casey's Retail CompanyDaltonD. Minn.retail0:23-cv-01911
2023-06-22Boston Market CorporationFernandezS.D. Fla.retail1:23-cv-22317
2023-06-22TOWERSTAR PETS, LLCMCMORLANDW.D. Pa.other2:23-cv-01147
2023-06-21Leffot NYC IncorporatedClementE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-04613
2023-06-21Pollos y Jarras, LLC.LuciusS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-22299
2023-06-21Johnson City, TNDoeE.D. Tennesseeother2:23-cv-00071
2023-06-20Resortpass, Inc.SladeS.D.N.Y.hospitality1:23-cv-05180
2023-06-20OSKA Shop New York, LLCHusseinN.D. Ill.retail1:23-cv-03865
2023-06-20Nike, Inc.HusseinN.D. Ill.other1:23-cv-03869
2023-06-19The Sherwin-Williams CompanyArizaS.D. Fla.other1:23-cv-22247
2023-06-16Skinn Cosmetics, LLCHedgesS.D.N.Y.hospitality1:23-cv-05142
2023-06-16Cloud 9 Recording, Inc.HedgesS.D.N.Y.technology1:23-cv-05137
2023-06-03R and S Babay II, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-04362
2023-06-03Abecassis Investments, L.P.United African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.financial2:23-cv-04364
2023-06-03JBD Century House, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-04360
2023-05-31Grand River Apartments, LLCUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.real estate2:23-cv-04242
2023-05-31San Regis, LLCUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-04251
2023-05-31Cirrus-15022 Vanowen St., LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-04246
2023-05-31Kitridge, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-04247
2023-05-3145 LA Apts LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-04248
2023-05-317010 Sepulveda Blvd, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-04249
2023-05-25BYRDHISPANIC FEDERATIONN.D. Fla.other4:23-cv-00218
2023-05-11Olentangy Local School District Board of EducationParents Defending EducationS.D. Ohioeducation2:23-cv-01595
2023-05-11SFC Vista Terrace, L.P.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-00866
2023-05-11Sundial Real Estate, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.real estate3:23-cv-00864
2023-05-10Sunset Trails Apartments, Inc.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.real estate3:23-cv-00863
2023-05-09MARC NOLAN, INC.MURPHYW.D. Pa.other1:23-cv-00128
2023-05-09Morgan Stanley Capital TrustGladys CopelandC.D. Cal.financial2:23-cv-03536
2023-05-09FEASTABLES, INC.MURPHYW.D. Pa.other1:23-cv-00132
2023-05-09LARGER THAN AVERAGE LLCMURPHYW.D. Pa.other1:23-cv-00137
2023-05-09FILA ONLINE, INC.MURPHYW.D. Pa.other1:23-cv-00126
2023-05-08VernikovPinkhasovE.D.N.Y.other1:23-cv-03460
2023-05-01American Airlines Group IncAbadiN.D. Tex.travel2:23-cv-00074
2023-04-28University of IllinoisMeachamN.D. Ill.education1:23-cv-02704
2023-04-27OlsonMirabelliS.D. Cal.other3:23-cv-00768
2023-04-21Chateau Olympic Partners LPUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.food beverage2:23-cv-03057
2023-04-21Palm Larrabee CompanyUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-03060
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The lawsuit machine

Top plaintiff firms (2025)

Five firms account for over half of all federal ADA website filings. Mizrahi Kroub shifted to NY state courts mid-2024, where filings are harder to track.

Equal Access Law Group, PLLC641 · 16.24%
2025 leader (held position)
Manning Law, APC615 · 15.58%
+129% YoY (was 268)
Gottlieb & Associates, PLLC468 · 11.85%
+134% YoY (was 200)
Stein Saks, PLLC380 · 9.63%
−11% YoY (former leader)
Roderick V. Hannah, Esq., P.A.273 · 6.91%
new to top 7
NYE Stirling, Hale & Miller, LLP195 · 4.94%
+62% YoY
Aleksandra Kravets, Esq., P.A.163 · 4.13%
new to top 7
Mizrahi Kroub LLP90 · 2.28%
+38% federal; majority shifted to NY state courts

Source: EcomBack 2025 Annual ADA Website Compliance Lawsuit Report.

From our docket

Most active plaintiff names

Last names that appear most often across our ingested federal filings. Federal Rule 17 lets one named plaintiff file dozens of suits per year.

#1UnitedC.D. Cal., N.D. Cal., S.D. Cal.156
#2FernandezE.D.N.Y., S.D.N.Y., S.D. Fla.21
#3HernandezE.D.N.Y.12
#4KnowlesS.D.N.Y.10
#5RiceE.D. Wis.9
#6BenavidesS.D.N.Y.9
#7MorrisE.D. Wis.8
#8EVANSN.D. Fla.8
#9JacksonS.D.N.Y., D. South Dakota8
#10KarimS.D.N.Y.8
#11SeniorS.D.N.Y.7
#12WilsonN.D. Ill., S.D.N.Y.7
#13CrumwellS.D.N.Y.7
#14EspinozaS.D. Fla.7
#15ClementE.D.N.Y.7
#16MURPHYW.D. Pa.7
#17CruzE.D. Wis.6
#18DaltonD. Minn.6
#19JimenezN.D. Cal., E.D. Cal., S.D.N.Y.6
#20CorbettW.D. Wis.5
Geographic concentration

Three states drive 72% of filings

2025 figures from EcomBack's annual federal-court report. State courts (especially NY Supreme Court) add roughly 30–40% more cases not reflected here.

New York1,108 · 28.06%
Florida950 · 24.06%
California787 · 19.93%
From our docket

Most active federal districts

Click through to a district page for the local breakdown.

Industry exposure

What gets sued, and who's been named

Pulled from our federal docket. Industries are inferred from defendant names; example defendants are the actual companies sued.

other

478

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · Trayvax Enterprises LLC
  • · Belnick LLC
  • · Black Fish Media, L.L.C.
  • · It's A New 10, LLC
  • · Global Intimates LLC

retail

49

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · Monday Swimwear LLC
  • · K-Swiss Inc
  • · Offspring Beauty Co.
  • · Jenny Packham (US) Limited
  • · Style Forum, Inc.

food beverage

20

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · Environmental Seeds West LLC
  • · LT Foods Americas, Inc.
  • · Columbia Valley Family Farms Inc
  • · Spice Alliance LLC
  • · Mars Cheese Castle Inc

real estate

20

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · FOMS Property, LLC
  • · Housing Visions Unlimited Inc.
  • · Dorado Plaza Apartments, Ltd
  • · HCA Woodland Hills Apartments L.P.
  • · Fort Drum Mountain Community Homes, LLC

restaurant

15

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · Chicken N Pickle, LLC
  • · Kotobuki Restaurant, Inc.
  • · Big Jim's Bar & Grill, Inc.
  • · TAZIKIS INC
  • · Sonny's Franchise Company

healthcare

14

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · 360 Fitness LLC
  • · LG H&H USA, Inc.
  • · Gainful Health, Inc.
  • · Tend Dental, Inc.
  • · Sanmedica International, LLC

hospitality

14

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · City Club Hotel LLC
  • · Hotusa Group
  • · Ponte Vedra Corporation
  • · Vasu Hospitality, Inc.
  • · Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, L.L.C.

financial

13

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · Cerce Capital, LLC
  • · JCF Burbank, LLC
  • · Northbrook Capital, L.P
  • · Capital Foresight Blythe LLC
  • · Capital One, N.A.

education

12

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · University of South Dakota
  • · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
  • · Columbia University
  • · US Department of Education
  • · THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

technology

8

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  • · Baseus Technology (US) Inc.
  • · GATORTEC LLC
  • · ThinkWrite Technologies, LLC
  • · Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

home lifestyle

2

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · The Foundry Home Goods, LLC
  • · Cygnus Home Service, LLC

automotive

1

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · Genesis Motor America, LLC

travel

1

Recent defendants in this category:

  • · American Airlines Group Inc
Complaint anatomy

WCAG criteria most cited in complaints

Aggregated from complaint text in our pattern dataset. Same five criteria show up in roughly 80% of demand letters: alt text, contrast, keyboard, link purpose, name/role/value.

1.1.1
Non-text Content (alt text)
3,540
10.6% QoQ
1.4.3
Contrast (Minimum)
2,760
15.0% QoQ
2.1.1
Keyboard
2,540
21.0% QoQ
2.4.4
Link Purpose
2,100
16.7% QoQ
1.4.1
Use of Color
1,430
19.2% QoQ
1.2.2
Captions (videos)
980
19.5% QoQ
580
20.8% QoQ
490
19.5% QoQ
380
18.8% QoQ
340
17.2% QoQ
What it actually costs

Settlement reality check

What businesses actually pay when they get the demand letter. Defense legal fees apply on top of any settlement.

Resolution pathAverageReality
Demand letter (no suit)$5KWhat you get in the mail before the complaint is filed.
Out-of-court settlement$30KPlaintiff name + cash. Typical e-comm range $30K–$75K.
Court judgment$85KIf you fight and lose at trial.
Class action settlement$400KWhen one suit consolidates many. Fashion Nova: $5.15M (2025).
Defense legal fees (added)$100KRange $30K–$175K on top of any settlement.
The widget paradox: 22.6% of 2025 lawsuits (456 cases) targeted sites that already had an accessibility widget installed. The FTC reached a $1M settlement with accessiBe in 2025 over claims that its widget was a guaranteed compliance tool.
Why this is happening

Robles v. Domino's Pizza, LLC (2019)

Guillermo Robles, who is blind, sued Domino's in 2016 because the website and app were unusable with a screen reader. Domino's argued the ADA only covers physical places. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; SCOTUS denied cert.

Holding

ADA Title III applies to websites of businesses with physical locations. Lack of formal web standards is not a defense.

Settled June 2022, after six years of litigation. The Robles framework is what every demand letter you get cites — implicitly or explicitly.

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Methodology & sources

Live case data

Federal court filings (Nature of Suit codes 446, 443, 440 — Americans with Disabilities Act) ingested daily from CourtListener's free RECAP archive. Defendant industry is inferred from company name keywords. Synthetic case IDs prefix cl- when a record came from CourtListener rather than PACER directly.

Industry totals (2025)

National 2025 figures come from three primary sources, last reconciled May 2026: the EcomBack 2025 Annual ADA Website Compliance Report (3,948 ADA website lawsuits tracked, top firms, top states, industries), the Seyfarth Shaw / ADA Title III March 2026 federal-court recap (3,117 strictly-federal website filings, 36% share of all Title III, 1,021 in NY federal alone), and the UsableNet 2025 Year-End Report (5,000+ combined federal + state digital-accessibility lawsuits, 69% e-commerce). The federal-only and broader-counted totals differ because some plaintiff firms — notably Mizrahi Kroub — have shifted volume to state-court filings that federal-only methodology misses.

What's missing

State-court filings (especially New York Supreme Court) are not captured by CourtListener. Mizrahi Kroub LLP and others have shifted volume to NY state — actual lawsuit count is roughly 30–40% higher than the federal numbers shown above.

Update cadence

The litigation-ingest-daily Inngest function runs at 08:30 UTC every day, pulling the prior 7 days of filings. The page cache is set to force-dynamic so any DB write shows up on next page load.