THE WEB CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES (WCAG)- THE LEADING SOURCE FOR COMPLIANCE SINCE 1999 Establishing the initial framework for web accessibility, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 1.0 was introduced on May 5, 1999. Two…
Date Archives June 2019
ADA Lawsuits Target Non-Compliant Websites (2:45)
Author: Adally
WCAG 2.1-The New Standards for Digital Accessibility
Author: CommonAccess The Evolution of Accessibility Standards Almost ten years ago (1999), the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the primary international internet standards organization, lead by the creator of the web, Tim Berners-Lee, published the…
Litigation Review: Carroll v. New Peoples Bank, Inc.
Author: CommonAccess In April 2018, a federal judge in the Western District of Virginia presiding over the case of Carroll v. New Peoples Bank, Inc. (NPB), dismissed the website lawsuit that was brought on under…
The Accessibility of Mobile Devices
77% of Americans own a smartphone, and by 2019, close to 5 billion people will have a mobile phone worldwide. With most of the Earth’s population having access to mobile technology, the need for greater…
Federal Web Accessibility Lawsuits Hit Record High
In a recent mid-year investigation by the law firm of Seyfarth & Shaw1, it was found that the number of ADA title III lawsuits for 2018 has already surpassed the total number of federal title…