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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
587
federal filings tracked
Filed YTD
85
2026 so far
Last 30 days
26
rolling window
Last 7 days
7
this week
Distinct defendants
578
companies named
Distinct plaintiff names
214
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.

32
24-06
12
24-07
13
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
5
26-06

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.

587 filings in our docket

Federal ADA website filings

Live cases from CourtListener's RECAP archive — 587 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
2025-12-12TSG Consumer Partners LLCLiburdM.D. Fla.other8:25-cv-03412
2025-12-12Sets Built Franchising LLCLiburdM.D. Fla.other8:25-cv-03410
2025-12-11DesantisGriceD. South Carolinaother2:25-cv-13821
2025-12-10Home Wet Bar, LLCDavisN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-14996
2025-12-10Brunch Holdings, Inc.HenryN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-14983
2025-12-10Perelel, Inc.MoranS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-10217
2025-12-09Online Guru, LLCWalkerN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-14922
2025-11-03Pulte Family Management SJ LLCForemanE.D. Michiganother2:25-cv-13493
2025-10-21United States of AmericaSinglaN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-12810
2025-10-19Capital Foresight Blythe LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.financial2:25-cv-10013
2025-10-161533 Queensbury LLCCuestaN.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-01446
2025-10-09Lakeview Outlets Inc.CuestaN.D.N.Y.retail1:25-cv-01414
2025-10-09NoemRamirez OvandoD. Colo.other1:25-cv-03183
2025-10-01Hampton Chocolate Factory LlcLiburdM.D. Fla.food beverage8:25-cv-02683Docket →
2025-10-01Ancestry.com Operations Inc.BensonS.D.N.Y.technology1:25-cv-08147Docket →
2025-10-01Offspring Beauty Co.TownsS.D.N.Y.retail1:25-cv-08124Docket →
2025-10-01Atamos, LLCBahenaN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-11978Docket →
2025-10-01The Synergy Company of Utah, LLCHenryN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-11966Docket →
2025-10-01State Farm Insurance Company (MAG+)KellyM.D. Alabamafood beverage2:25-cv-00795
2025-09-30Priester's Pecans, Inc.BradleyN.D. Ind.food beverage2:25-cv-00453Docket →
2025-09-27Baseus Technology (US) Inc.MoranS.D.N.Y.technology1:25-cv-08034Docket →
2025-09-26Cerce Capital, LLCFialloN.D. Ill.financial1:25-cv-11750Docket →
2025-09-26Diva Fam, Inc.WilliamsN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-11699Docket →
2025-09-26LG H&H USA, Inc.CrumwellS.D.N.Y.healthcare1:25-cv-08004Docket →
2025-09-26FFF+US, INC.CrumwellS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-07986Docket →
2025-09-25Youth Beauty CorporationCrumwellS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-07974Docket →
2025-09-25Chicken N Pickle, LLCCrumwellS.D.N.Y.restaurant1:25-cv-07973Docket →
2025-09-25Pompeii 3, Inc.BahenaN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-11629Docket →
2025-09-25Uncharted Supply Company, Inc.EvansN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-11631Docket →
2025-09-25Kotobuki Restaurant, Inc.FernandezE.D.N.Y.restaurant2:25-cv-05386Docket →
2025-09-25Mito Management, Inc.FernandezE.D.N.Y.other2:25-cv-05387Docket →
2025-09-25Big Jim's Bar & Grill, Inc.FernandezE.D.N.Y.restaurant2:25-cv-05388Docket →
2025-09-25Forom, LLCWillsE.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-05384Docket →
2025-09-25Jenny Packham (US) LimitedCrumwellS.D.N.Y.retail1:25-cv-07956Docket →
2025-09-23Morgan & MorganRogersN.D. Ga.other1:25-cv-05435
2025-09-09NormanSakiN.D. Ohioother1:25-cv-01893
2025-09-04BWPSS Holdings LLCCuestaN.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-01213
2025-09-03Erie County Sheriff's OfficeVanHagenW.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-00804
2025-08-22Capital One, N.A.AustinN.D. Cal.financial4:25-cv-07131
2025-08-21ChattahBouariD. Nevadaother2:25-cv-01567
2025-08-20Colorado Department of CorrectionsBrooksD. Colo.other1:25-cv-02610
2025-08-09134 S Normandie II LPUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:25-cv-07419
2025-08-08FOMS Property, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.real estate2:25-cv-07410
2025-08-08Garfield Arms, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:25-cv-07412
2025-08-06RubioStanford Daily Publishing CorporationN.D. Cal.other5:25-cv-06618
2025-07-30JagerKillingerD. Nevadaother3:25-cv-00388
2025-07-24Padilla-ZapataPadilla-TorresD. Puerto Ricoother3:25-cv-01393
2025-07-16Housing Visions Unlimited Inc.ChavousN.D.N.Y.real estate5:25-cv-00935
2025-07-14OpenAI, Inc.WilsonS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-05804
2025-07-08Blue Keep CA, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other5:25-cv-01705
2025-07-05Dorado Plaza Apartments, LtdUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.real estate3:25-cv-01712
2025-07-05Eucalyptus Grove Holdings, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:25-cv-01708
2025-07-05HCA Woodland Hills Apartments L.P.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.real estate3:25-cv-01711
2025-07-05Somerset Partners, LTD.United African-Asian Abilities ClubS.D. Cal.other3:25-cv-01714
2025-07-01Snap Inc. d/b/a Snapchat, Inc.HilbertS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-05471
2025-07-01Yummyearth Inc.SeniorS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-05460
2025-07-011stdibs.com, Inc.WilliamsN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-07371
2025-06-27Just Natural Products LLCSeniorS.D.N.Y.food beverage1:25-cv-05352
2025-06-26Brighton Collectibles, LLCDaltonD. Minn.other0:25-cv-02693
2025-06-25Furniture.com America LLCDaltonD. Minn.other0:25-cv-02680
2025-06-25Fort Drum Mountain Community Homes, LLCOksenN.D.N.Y.real estate5:25-cv-00822
2025-06-24Soleil Collective LLCSeniorS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-05281
2025-06-24Tarte, Inc.SeniorS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-05283
2025-06-24GUMBYS PIZZA FRANCHISE LLCEVANSN.D. Fla.restaurant1:25-cv-00177
2025-06-233905 La Sierra, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other5:25-cv-01563
2025-06-20MARIO BADESCU SKIN CARE, INC.GRANTS.D. Ind.other1:25-cv-01225
2025-06-20Romeo & Juliet, Inc.TompkinsN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-06825
2025-06-20P's & Q's Brand, Inc.BattleN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-06830
2025-06-20Gameday Spirit, Inc.BattleN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-06815
2025-06-20Stew Leonard's Holdings, LLCAgnoneE.D.N.Y.other2:25-cv-03452
2025-06-20PerryClayW.D. Tex.other2:25-cv-00050
2025-06-18Homedics-USA, Inc.SmithN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-06720
2025-06-17Vista Alegre USA CorporationFialloN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-06695
2025-06-16Copine 891, Inc.AndersonE.D.N.Y.other2:25-cv-03359
2025-06-16Tractor Supply CompanyAlvearM.D. Fla.other6:25-cv-01054
2025-06-16City Jeans, Inc.ZhangS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-05031
2025-06-16Darveys USA, LLCBattleN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-06619
2025-06-16City of Los AngelesLos Angeles Press ClubC.D. Cal.other2:25-cv-05423
2025-06-13The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkConeyS.D.N.Y.education1:25-cv-05011
2025-06-03Brookfield, Town ofKelleherD. Mass.other4:25-cv-40071
2025-05-2821107 Amie Owner LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:25-cv-04807
2025-05-27SullivanCommittee of Five, Inc.D. Colo.other1:25-cv-01668
2025-05-22County of OrangeSoudaniS.D.N.Y.other7:25-cv-04320
2025-05-19SullivanDefending EducationD. Colo.other1:25-cv-01572
2025-05-04BYRDFLORIDA DECIDES HEALTHCARE INCN.D. Fla.other4:25-cv-00211
2025-04-29Segundo Terrace, LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities ClubC.D. Cal.other2:25-cv-03768
2025-04-2926100 Hillside Plaza Apt LLCUnited African-Asian Abilities Club, On Behalf Of Itself And Its MembersC.D. Cal.other2:25-cv-03762
2025-04-28KennedyWashington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance ProgramW.D. Wash.other2:25-cv-00781
2025-04-15NEW JERSEY COURT SYSTEMKENNEDYD.D.C.other1:25-cv-01220
2025-04-02DUDEKAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESD.D.C.other1:25-cv-00977
2025-04-01New York Adorned Brooklyn IncorporatedMercedesS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-02707Docket →
2025-04-01Style Forum, Inc.FernandezS.D.N.Y.retail1:25-cv-02698Docket →
2025-04-01Gainful Health, Inc.FernandezS.D.N.Y.healthcare1:25-cv-02696Docket →
2025-04-01361 USA, Inc.ColeN.D. Ill.other1:25-cv-03463Docket →
2025-04-01The Serpentarium, LLCJonesS.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-02689Docket →
2025-03-31Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.Al-kubaisiN.D. Cal.retail3:25-cv-02969Docket →
2025-03-31American Multi-Cinema, Inc.FernandezS.D. Fla.other0:25-cv-60618Docket →
2025-03-31Soho Art Material, Inc.LayneE.D.N.Y.retail1:25-cv-01771Docket →
2025-03-31Leroys Place, LLCLayneE.D.N.Y.other1:25-cv-01768Docket →
2025-03-31The Sleep Loft, LLCHernandezE.D.N.Y.retail1:25-cv-01766Docket →
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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.20
#3HernandezE.D.N.Y.12
#4RiceE.D. Wis.8
#5MorrisE.D. Wis.8
#6EVANSN.D. Fla.8
#7KarimS.D.N.Y.8
#8WilsonN.D. Ill., S.D.N.Y.7
#9CrumwellS.D.N.Y.7
#10EspinozaS.D. Fla.7
#11ClementE.D.N.Y.7
#12MURPHYW.D. Pa.7
#13CruzE.D. Wis.6
#14SeniorS.D.N.Y.6
#15DaltonD. Minn.6
#16CorbettW.D. Wis.5
#17ArizaS.D. Fla., M.D. Fla.5
#18AlvearM.D. Fla., S.D. Fla.5
#19RamirezD. Colo., N.D. Ill.5
#20MartinezE.D.N.Y.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

425

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

45

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

14

Recent defendants in this category:

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

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.

healthcare

13

Recent defendants in this category:

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

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

7

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.