June 2025 Lawsuits Filed
June 2025 Defendants
with a previous ADA digital lawsuit
June 2025 Defendants
sued while using a 3rd party accessibility related control (widget)
These include any claims made against a website, mobile app, or video content filed in federal court under the ADA or the Unruh Civil Rights Act in California.
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UsableNet reviewed lawsuits filed in state courts in New York, California, and federal courts to evaluate the legal pressure on businesses. By the end of 2024, plaintiffs filed 4,187 lawsuits for digital accessibility.
Since 2021, plaintiffs have filed more than 4,000 lawsuits each year for digital accessibility. From 2018 to 2025, plaintiffs have filed more than 25,000 lawsuits with digital accessibility complaints.
The industries most impacted by ADA-related lawsuits include:
ADA lawsuits are impacting organizations of all sizes, even small businesses. Lawsuits against large companies are steadily increasing. In the first half of 2025, 36% of sued companies had annual revenue exceeding $25 million, up from 33% in 2024. This shift suggests that plaintiffs are focusing on companies with more resources to settle lawsuits. Smaller companies are still targeted but account for a smaller share of lawsuits than in past years..
An accessibility widget is a tool created to allow website visitors to adjust certain aspects of a website, such as text size and background color. Widgets do not serve as a successful accessibility compliance strategy, as they aim to solve only a small portion of accessibility issues and cannot guarantee WCAG compliance. Businesses that solely rely on accessibility widgets to ensure compliance could be more at risk for ADA lawsuits.
To get started with website accessibility, test your site with UsableNet’s free AQA testing tool. Next, look at the current state of your digital properties. Inventory your website, app, PDFs, and all multimedia. The third step is to complete user testing with people with disabilities. From there, connect with your web team to remediate any accessibility issues. Lastly, you’ll want to create and publish an accessibility statement, along with adding accessibility and ADA compliance to your future web and app contracts.
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