ADA compliance, explained for the people who get sued.
Insights on accessibility law, lawsuit trends, the failure of overlay vendors, and the practical compliance work that actually holds up. Written for SMB operators, agency owners, and in-house counsel.
This week's most-read brief.
Why Title III lawsuits doubled in two years, and what SMBs can do about it.
Federal courts logged a record number of ADA web accessibility lawsuits this past cycle. The plaintiff bar has specialized. The settlement amounts have climbed. Here is the structural picture behind the surge and the three changes that actually reduce SMB exposure.
Read the briefThe ten most-cited Lawsuit Magnet violations in 2024.
Plaintiff attorneys do not file randomly. They target a specific shortlist of violations they can demonstrate easily in court. Here are the ten most-cited in active cases.
WCAG 2.2: the eight new success criteria, explained plainly.
WCAG 2.2 added eight success criteria over WCAG 2.1, with five at AA level. Here is what each one means in practice and how Abliven monitors them.
Why overlay compliance theater is bad business for SMBs.
Overlay vendors sell month-to-month subscriptions that do not survive court scrutiny. The math is worse than most SMBs realize once you factor in settlement exposure.
How one SMB reduced their Litigation Risk Score by 47 points in 30 days.
An anonymized walkthrough of a customer who arrived with a score in the Lawsuit Magnet range and what the Abliven team applied to get them to a GO Badge.
The EAA deadline: what U.S. companies need to know.
The European Accessibility Act applies to U.S. companies selling into Europe. Here is the scope, the compliance requirements, and the penalties for ignoring it.
Introducing the Patent Pending Litigation Risk methodology.
The methodology behind every Abliven score, the philosophy that shaped it, and the case law patterns that informed the weighting model. The full technical breakdown.
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