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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.

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In our DB
720
federal filings tracked
Filed YTD
218
2026 so far
Last 30 days
44
rolling window
Last 7 days
3
this week
Distinct defendants
708
companies named
Distinct plaintiff names
238
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.

4
24-10
1
24-11
30
24-12
4
25-01
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25-02
21
25-03
10
25-04
5
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23
25-06
12
25-07
7
25-08
19
25-09
11
25-10
1
25-11
22
25-12
5
26-01
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23
26-03
19
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31
26-05
8
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24
26-07
39
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36
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31
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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.

720 filings in our docket

Federal ADA website filings

Live cases from CourtListener's RECAP archive — 720 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
2023-03-14Victory Investment Co., LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.financial2:23-cv-01915—
2023-03-13Chi Hong ChiangUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01877—
2023-03-1317351 Vanowen LLCUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01881—
2023-03-1320445 Saticoy Street LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01879—
2023-03-13303 WR LLCUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01882—
2023-03-13JJJ Enterprises, Ltd. - IIUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01878—
2023-03-06432 South Normandie, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01673—
2023-03-06Victorville Holdings, Inc.United African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01671—
2023-03-06CAP Ferrat Apartments CorpUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.real estate2:23-cv-01678—
2023-03-06ARDN1 LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01676—
2023-03-06Wilshire Sunlight, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01674—
2023-03-06427 S Mariposa Partners LPUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01684—
2023-03-06Essex Park Catalina, LPUnited African Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01682—
2023-03-06St. Andrews Place Holdings LLCUnited African Asian Abilities Club alC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01681—
2023-03-06Westland Properties Six LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01680—
2023-03-02American Medical AssociationOhanD. Alaskahealthcare3:23-cv-00047—
2023-02-23General Holdings LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01385—
2023-02-231500 Gramercy PL LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:23-cv-01390—
2023-01-25RaynesGenBioPro, Inc.S.D. West Virginiaother3:23-cv-00058—
2023-01-14DykesNastriD. Conn.other3:23-cv-00056—
Showing 701–720 of 720 filings
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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.22
#3BenavidesS.D.N.Y.15
#4LopezS.D.N.Y.13
#5HernandezE.D.N.Y.12
#6RiceE.D. Wis.11
#7WilliamsN.D. Ill., S.D.N.Y., S.D. Tex.10
#8KnowlesS.D.N.Y.10
#9SeniorS.D.N.Y.8
#10MorrisE.D. Wis.8
#11EVANSN.D. Fla.8
#12JacksonS.D.N.Y., D. South Dakota8
#13KarimS.D.N.Y.8
#14ZhangS.D.N.Y.8
#15MaconM.D. Fla.8
#16WilsonN.D. Ill., S.D.N.Y.7
#17CrumwellS.D.N.Y.7
#18EspinozaS.D. Fla.7
#19ClementE.D.N.Y.7
#20CalcanoS.D.N.Y.7
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.

S.D.N.Y.188
C.D. Cal.112
N.D. Ill.69
E.D.N.Y.63
S.D. Cal.52
S.D. Fla.37
E.D. Wis.34
M.D. Fla.24
N.D. Cal.13
W.D. Pa.13
N.D. Fla.11
D. Minn.9
N.D.N.Y.8
D. Mass.7
W.D. Wis.5
D. Colo.4
N.D. Ga.4
D.D.C.4
D.N.J.4
S.D. Ohio4
W.D. Wash.3
D. Md.3
D. Conn.3
S.D. Tex.3
S.D. Ind.2
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

541

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

50

Recent defendants in this category:

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

food beverage

23

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

16

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

15

Recent defendants in this category:

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

financial

14

Recent defendants in this category:

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

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.

education

13

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

9

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.