Website accessibility lawsuits are still rolling in as of December 2024, but the gears in the profit machine are slowly bogging down for plaintiffs’ lawyers. And we think the treadmill incline button will continue to be pushed in 2025.
More and more website owners are fighting back against serial litigation (we know – we’re working with their defense attorneys). And New York federal courts are tired of the game: the Southern District of New York just officially closed its doors to complaints filed against online-only businesses.
Major Event
Yes, this dog and pony show will parade along in 2025, but early indicators are it will not be as successful. And because we’re insiders, we’re privy to a major… let’s call it event, that will rock the ADA website industry in 2025.
Keep watching The ADA Book on YouTube because this one’s going to be good.
ADA Compliance Course
Of course, we still recommend our ADA Compliance Course as the best way to immediately and significantly reduce your risk of being sued over website accessibility.
Our course tells you how to prioritize specific accessibility issues and exactly how to find and fix those issues on your website.
Best Practice
The best practice for making your website ADA compliant continues to be what we’ve been advocating for years: WCAG 2.1 AA conformance and publishing an accessibility statement. However, full conformance takes a while so it makes strategic sense to reduce your lawsuit risk as you improve accessibility.
Fading Away Overlays
One nice piece of advice we always like to impart: you can reduce your risk of being sued simply by not using overlays, overlay widgets, plugins, apps, etc.
There are plaintiffs’ lawyers who specifically target websites with widgets installed (they don’t make your website accessible) so make sure you’re not using an overlay.
Big Year
2025 will be a big one and we’ve got a lot to say about it. Expect some big announcements coming from us.
We’ve got stuff in the works to make accessibility easier, faster, and more affordable.
