Hunton Retail Law Resource

A recent decision from the Southern District of New York offers useful guidance for retailers defending website accessibility claims under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In Jones v. Moscot.com, LLC, the court dismissed the plaintiff’s ADA claim as moot after concluding that the retailer’s remediation efforts and ongoing accessibility measures eliminated any live controversy. As background, Title III of the ADA provides a narrow remedial framework for private plaintiffs, only authorizing civil actions for preventative relief via injunctions and restraining orders. Monetary damages are not available to private plaintiffs for a past violation, so the success of a plaintiff’s ADA accessibility claim depends on a showing that the violation will continue.

The results are in: attorneys are filing more employment law cases in court.  Indeed, year-end reporting from legal databases like LexMachina confirm that the pace of filing new employment discrimination cases reached its highest level in 2025, surpassing 20,000 new filings nationwide.  Though overtime and minimum wage lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have continued to decline since 2015, discrimination cases under laws like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act are on the rise.