California’s business community has struggled to navigate our state’s complex legal environment for too long, getting burned with billions of dollars in frivolous lawsuits. But for some reason, the State Supreme Court recently decided to pour gasoline on the fire and set a precedent where laws can be applied retroactively, even to legally binding contracts.
Many hundreds of ADA website lawsuits have been reported, in which attorneys allege that a business website is not compatible with screen reading software required by some people with visual limitations to navigate the Internet — and they contend this violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. Only a few minor technical issues are needed to provide a plausible claim.
