Could One Plaintiff's Phone Call Lead to ADA Litigation?

The ADA permits a plaintiff to sue a business for failing to provide full and equal access to goods, services, and facilities. The ADA's aim is ...

Stopping Drive-By ADA Lawsuits in Their Tracks: How to Defend ...

An ADA plaintiff can establish injury in fact merely by showing that the fact they are aware of a particular ADA violation on a business' premises has deterred ...

Essential Guide to ADA Title III Enforcement: Private Party Lawsuits

§ 12188, both private parties subject to discrimination due to a disability and the United States Depart of Justice (DOJ) may bring legal actions to enforce ...

The ADA Litigation Monster | Americans with Disabilities Act

Exploiting this dynamic, ADA lawyers often bring cookie-cutter lawsuits against small businesses, which frequently will pay a few thousand ...

Can You Face Multiple ADA Web Accessibility Lawsuits?

If you've received an ADA demand letter, talk to your attorney, then contact the Bureau of Internet Accessibility to create an accessibility ...

“Tester” Lawsuits Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Since in an ADA Title III case a court can only protect a plaintiff from future harm (by ordering injunctive relief), litigants must show a ...

Does a plaintiff have to warn you before filing an ADA lawsuit?

A business may only find out about the allegations of ADA non-compliance when it receives service for that pending lawsuit. To avoid the losses ...

Do Self-Appointed 'Tester' Plaintiffs Have Standing to Sue Under the ...

... may curb the most abusive of these types of ADA lawsuits. At a minimum, the court may require ADA plaintiffs to affirmatively plead factual ...

Enforcing the ADA, Status Report from the Department of Justice ...

Under general rules governing lawsuits brought by the Federal Government, the Department of Justice may not file a lawsuit unless it has first unsuccessfully ...

Just the Facts: Americans with Disabilities Act | United States Courts

... a single plaintiff ... a law aimed at curbing what has been termed frivolous ADA-related lawsuits. The large number of ADA cases in New York may ...

Protecting Small Businesses and Property Owners From Serial ...

Many plaintiff's law firms file hundreds of cookie-cutter ADA lawsuits each year, often utilizing the same serial plaintiffs for each action. One person can ...

Cracking Down on Serial ADA Disability Claimants - SGR Law

In yet another blow to certain plaintiffs and their attorneys who file multiple cases each year asserting violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act ...

How Small Businesses are Targeted with Abusive ADA Lawsuits - ILR

Law firms know that many small businesses don't have the time or resources to take a lawsuit through litigation and will likely pay to settle ...

Can You Sue for ADA Violations? - Pusch and Nguyen PN Law Firm

While it is not legally required to hire a lawyer to pursue an ADA lawsuit, it is highly recommended due to the complexity of disability rights ...

The Verdict: Can Plaintiffs Make Money from ADA Lawsuits?

The lawsuits can be filed in federal court. Similarly, investigations into ADA violations can be initiated through a complaint with the ...

Supreme Court Says Case Over ADA 'Tester' Standing Is Moot, But ...

The decision did not address whether such a 'tester' plaintiff has standing under the ADA except to say the issue is still alive and without ...

Enforcing the ADA, Status Report from the Department of Justice, April

A. Litigation. The Department may file lawsuits in Federal court to enforce the ADA and may obtain court orders including compensatory damages ...

Remedying “Abusive” Litigation While Strengthening Disability Rights

2004) (arguing that the recovery of attorney's fees under the ADA has led to a “cottage industry” of plaintiffs and attorneys attempting to make ...

ADA Compliance and Defense Blog — Published By JMBM's ADA ...

Many such lawsuits are filed by a small handful of serial plaintiffs and their law firms who actively seek out physical locations and websites of businesses ...

Court Says Settlement Agreement Does Not Bar Later Website ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: With the recent proliferation of web accessibility demand letters and lawsuits, businesses often ask whether settling a ...