With more people now aware of what AI is and what it can do and its prospects for the future, it’s important to point out how ridiculous and stupid these AI claims by overlay vendors are. Overlay widgets have been portrayed as this cutting-edge revolutionary technology for quite some time, literally years. Many overlay vendors … Read more
VPATs are not really for websites. They can be if the website is part of a product or service, or it is the product, but it is not, VPATs are not traditionally to be filled out for websites. So of course we know that VPATs are a template, the template that the Accessibility Conformance Report … Read more
Sharing the split screen with me is a complaint that was filed today, April 25th, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. So, this is the first circuit and typically when we’re looking at website accessibility litigation, it involves the Second Circuit, New York, California, the Ninth Circuit, or Florida, the … Read more
Kris: Okay, I’ve got a different type of episode today. Joining with me is my friend David, and David is a business owner, and when he found out the work I’m involved in, he had no idea that this was even, that litigation was even possible for not having a website or having a website … Read more
Kris: Okay. Today, I would like to welcome back Richard Hunt. Richard and I, we had a previous interview and I will link to that one below, but I want to reintroduce Richard. Richard is a board certified civil trial lawyer with over 35 years experience in state and federal court. He has a national … Read more
Sharing the split screen with me is a document with the heading ADA Website Compliance. And this is still a topic that many people do not fully understand. And in part, it’s because this is an inexact term. So ADA website compliance originates from ADA compliance. And ADA is the acronym for the Americans with … Read more
Continuing on with my mini series on the most active plaintiff’s law firms, today I have a complaint that was filed in September 16, 2022. The signing lawyers were the law office of Pelayo Duran and Roderick Hannah. So let’s look at the claims inside this complaint. One is a homepage button company logo is … Read more
On Reddit’s small business subreddit, there is a post where someone received a complaint filed against their small business and later updated everyone about the process. This update was posted recently in December of 2022, and the original post was from two years ago. A class-action lawsuit was filed against one very small business, and … Read more
I’ve been looking through anecdotes regarding ADA website compliance on Reddit, and two that I found interesting in this small business thread, and I will quote them and link to them below, are settlements of $20,000 and $2,000. So the $2,000 is extremely low, and then there’s this $20,000, and I’m going to read from … Read more
Sharing the split screen with me is a document with the heading, can you get sued again? And I’m going to read through the bullet points. You can definitely get sued again and again and again. And sometimes this happens with the same law firm. Actually, a few weeks ago, I was looking through complaints … Read more
Sharing this split screen with me is a document with a heading, ADA website compliance timeline. And so here are some time ranges that you can expect when trying to make your website accessible and follow best practices for ADA compliance. First you need to select a vendor and contract with that vendor. Sometimes this … Read more
I have come across multiple defense law firms that offer a quote unquote ADA website audit, and I highly recommend that you do not go through a defense law firm for an audit. While they may be familiar with the plaintiff’s law firms that they deal with, they do not understand accessibility and they are … Read more
Sharing the split screen with me is a document with a heading cost of ADA website lawsuit. And so today we’ll break down how much it costs to settle one of these and give you realistic numbers. So for the defense attorney, as the first bullet point, I have allocated $5,000. This can range. On … Read more
Florida is the third most litigious state when it comes to ADA website litigation. And I’m on, I’m screen recording the Miami subreddit, and there’s a post and there’s a few replies to this post that I wanted to bring to everyone’s attention. The post, the original poster writes, have you dealt with an ADA … Read more
With the expected release of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 in May 2023, I am currently using the working draft to summarize the different success criteria found in WCAG 2.2 Conformance Level AA. Using my checklist, which is sharing the split screen with me, I’m going to read through and quickly summarize each … Read more
Version 2.2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is expected to be released in May of 2023. So in one to two months, we should have documentation for version 2.2. Until then, we have a working draft. And using that working draft, I have created the guide that is currently sharing the split screen with … Read more
You can now go through Accessible.org for both audit and remediation services, and I think this is extremely helpful because it consolidates all of your energy and efforts into one place, one transaction. Whereas, if you go to most other accessibility providers, they will not remediate your website. So, they will provide you an audit, … Read more
Sharing the split screen with me is a complaint filed by the Acacia Barros Law Firm in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division. And this is a part of a mini series where I’m going through the different plaintiffs law firms and looking at the material claims of … Read more
Sharing the split screen with me is a document with information on the cost of website accessibility services and this is for if you go through me at accessible.org. So the starting price for an audit is typically $3,500 and then the range usually goes up to $7,500. It’s not to say that that price … Read more
Sharing the split screen with me, I have a document headlined by audit pros and cons. So in this video, we will go through the pros and the cons of manual website accessibility audits, which there are no automated audits, but just for clarification, this is for a full manual audit, and we will go … Read more
As an attorney involved in litigation, a big part of your job is to paint a picture. And it doesn’t matter whether you’re on the defense side or whether you’re on the plaintiff side, you want to paint a picture that gives the strongest, that gives your position the strongest look. So you want to … Read more
I’m sharing a split screen with a complaint filed in March of 2023 from Gottlieb & Associates. And the signing attorney is Dana Gottlieb, also listed are Michael LaBollita and Jeffrey Gottlieb. And now let’s go through the claims of inaccessibility in the complaint. First is lack of alternative text. Second is empty links that … Read more
I am sharing a split screen with a complaint filed by the Manning Law Firm a few years ago, signed by lawyer Joseph Manning. The accessibility issues named in this complaint are still relevant and commonly seen by active plaintiffs law firms. The Manning Law Firm is based in California, and I will list the … Read more
I am sharing a split screen with an older complaint filed by the Pacific Trial Attorneys law firm. The signing lawyer is Scott Ferrell, and I’m going to go ahead and read through the accessibility issues that are claimed in the complaint. Missing alternative text, Empty or missing form labels, Empty headings, Empty links, Empty … Read more