A Reminder About Basic Standing Requirements Like last month, February started really slow… and the first case didn’t show up until the second week. In Monegro v. Street Insider, Inc., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25576 (S.D.N.Y. 2022), the Southern District…
Legal Update: January 2022
It must be something about winter as the drop in judicial opinions in web accessibility continues to drop. But quantity is rarely an indicator of quality because it has been a tumultuous month indeed. Let’s start with the biggest news…
Missed our Presentation at AccessibilityPlus? Watch it Now!
Each month, our friends at Accessibility.com pull together great webinars focused on web and digital technology accessibility. Ken was one of the four presenters at January’s event, Trends in Digital Accessibility Lawsuits: What can be Learned from the Thousands of…
Legal Update: December 2021
Happy New Year! Because of my crazy schedule, I’m pulling together this post on the last day of 2021 but it won’t go live until after the New Year. It’s been a real pleasure pulling together my monthly legal update…
Looking to 2022: What Will Happen in Web Accessibility Litigation
Why Another 2021 Prediction? It’s late Friday afternoon and the sun is setting here on the west coast. So why would I possibly publish a blog post now? Because it’s also New Year’s Eve and it’s a good time to…
Legal Update: November 2021
I’ve always found autumn to be a time of contemplation, a period to look back on the year’s high and low points. And so it was with the courts this month. November continued October’s trend with tons of new filings…
Couldn’t Make it to Accessing Higher Ground? Watch Our Legal Presentation!
Each year, I do a few presentations that give an introduction to web accessibility. I’ve done this a few times at Accessing Higher Ground, which I’ve been presenting at each year for the past 20 years. If you’re new to…
This is Getting Doggone Ridiculous!
Here we go…still! Last week I posted about The “ABC” of Accessibility Services. The gist of that post was to highlight that, with the increase in awareness around creating and maintaining accessible digital content and the number of newcomers now…
Legal Update: October 2021
While there were a ton of new filings this month, it seemed like there were relatively few interesting judicial opinions. Nevertheless, there were a few interesting topics that came up this month. Self-Serve Kiosks and the ADA In my last…
Can Web Developers be Sued for the Inaccessible Sites They Create for Clients?
How Did This Question Come Up? While I was attending the Digital Accessibility Legal Summit this year after my opening keynote, an interesting question came up during one of the sessions: “can web developers be sued under the ADA for…