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Indiana Lawyer Quotes Bialek on Website Accessibility under the ADA
June 2, 2023
Adam Bialek (Partner-New York, NY) was quoted in “Online ADA Compliance? Attorneys Look Forward to Regulations as Caseload Rises,” which appeared in the May 24, 2023, posting of Indiana Lawyer. Adam stated, “Part of the reason there have been more cases filed recently is the pandemic. There has always been a ‘cottage industry’ of plaintiff firms filing cases related to physical violations under the ADA, but when businesses had to close their doors in 2020 and shift almost entirely online, that opened the door to new opportunities for accessibility lawsuits related to websites.” Wilson Elser is part of a legal panel assembled by the company AAAtraq, which works with companies to make their websites more accessible. AAAtraq insures the companies against litigation, so if they do face an accessibility lawsuit, Wilson Elser is one of the firms that could be assigned to defend the case.