Seyfarth Synopsis: Mid-year federal lawsuit counts show a continued rebound trend from 2023's low.
Seyfarth Synopsis: Mid-year federal lawsuit counts show a continued rebound trend from 2023's low.
Since we started tracking ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal courts at the mid-point of the year in 2017, we've seen ebbs and flows of activity in the first six months of each year. In 2021 we saw the high water mark, with 6,304 cases filed. Only two years later, in 2023, cases were at their lowest, with only 4,081 filings. Last year, the numbers rebounded a little, and this year, that tide continues to rise.
In 2024, 4,280 ADA Title III cases were filed in federal courts between January and June. In 2025, that number climbed to 4,575. That's a 7% increase year-over-year. Nothing like the 33% increase between 2020 and 2021, but not a downturn either. If the filing numbers remain steady for the rest of the year, 2025 will see approximately 9,100 cases which would represent a 3.4% increase over 2024 when there were 8,800 federal ADA Title III case filings.
[Mid-Year ADA Title III Federal Lawsuit Filings 2017-2025; 2017: 4,127; 2018: 4,965, 20% Increase from 2017; 2019: 5,592, 12% Increase from 2018; 2020: 4,751, 15% Decrease from 2019; 2021: 6,304, 33% Increase from 2020; 2022: 4,914, 22% Decrease from 2021; 2023: 4,081, 17% Decrease from 2022; 2024: 4,280, 5% Increase from 2023; 2025: 4,575, 7% Increase from 2024]
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