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description: Our research team has tracked ADA lawsuits in 2018 to create our 2018 ADA Web Accessibility Lawsuit Recap Report, highlighting trends and calling attention to the importance of accessibility and digital inclusion. See the full report.
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# 2018 ADA Website and App Accessibility Lawsuit Recap Report

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The UsableNet research team has been tracking 2018 federally filed ADA web accessibility-related lawsuits. In 2018, we tracked 2285 lawsuits—up 181% over 2017 which had 814.

In 2018, we found a substantial increase in lawsuits among many industries, highlighting the ever-growing need to improve the accessibility of existing websites, design new websites for all users, and implement best practices and tools to maintain accessibility ongoing.

In this report you will get details on:

- Overall numbers for web accessibility lawsuits in 2018 compared to 2017
- Main geographic locations affected
- Top industries targeted for inaccessible websites
- Top law firms providing litigation support

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