Compliance & Law
Color Contrast Requirements: WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 and the ADA
Which contrast ratio each WCAG version and each US and EU rule asks for, and what to tell a client who asks whether a ratio makes a site compliant.
Compliance & Law
ADA lawsuits, WCAG 2.2, and the legal landscape around accessible websites.
Compliance & Law
WCAG 2.2 Checklist: Every Level A and AA Criterion
All 55 Level A and AA success criteria in plain words, how to check each one, and which ones a scan can see and which need a person.
Compliance & Law
ADA Title II Deadline Extended to 2027: What It Means
The Justice Department moved both web rule dates back a year. The standard, the exceptions and the older ADA duty stayed exactly where they were.
Compliance & Law
Does the European Accessibility Act Apply to Your Business?
A five-minute decision path through Directive (EU) 2019/882, with the exemptions stated as the law states them and what to put in writing.
Compliance & Law
Who Is Liable? Website Accessibility Clauses in Client Contracts
The four clauses a website build contract needs, what to ask your lawyer about each, and the promises never to put in writing.
Compliance & Law
EN 301 549 v4.1.1: What Changed for EU Client Sites
The European accessibility standard now points at WCAG 2.2, which leaves six new success criteria and one new user preferences clause to re-test on every site you signed off against WCAG 2.1.
Compliance & Law
Accessibility Overlays Won't Save You From an ADA Lawsuit
Nearly one in four ADA website lawsuits in 2025 named a site that already had an overlay widget installed, and the FTC has fined a vendor over the compliance claim.
Compliance & Law
AI and ADA Website Lawsuits: Pro Se Filings Up 40%
Federal pro se ADA Title III filings rose 40% on a monthly average in 2025, and Seyfarth Shaw points at generative AI. Here is what the sources actually say and what it changes for client sites.
Compliance & Law
ADA Website Lawsuits Up 27% in 2025: Why 2026 Will Be Worse
Federal courts saw 3,117 website accessibility lawsuits in 2025 - a 27% jump. AI-filed complaints, EU enforcement, and stricter DOJ oversight mean 2026 will be worse. Find out if your site is at risk.
Compliance & Law
WCAG 2.2 New Success Criteria: All 9 Explained With Examples
Every success criterion WCAG 2.2 added, in plain English: what it requires, what a failure looks like, how to test it, and which ones still need a person.
Compliance & Law
10 WCAG Issues Behind ADA Website Lawsuits (& How to Fix)
The ten failures the Department of Justice's web guidance and the WebAIM Million both point at, with the WCAG criterion and the fix for each.
Check a client site against these guides
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