Thread: ADA Compliance

Just seen on FB, about The Shave Nook forum now closed. I hope It'll be not in here.

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I'm not sure what ADA compliant means but it's very sad that the website has been targeted.

ADA, is Americans with Disabilities Act.

Someone's civil rights may have been stepped on, somehow.

I looked on the Facebook page and it appears some shyster is targeting shave forums and filing lawsuits against them.

The Shave Nook: Facebook


This past Wednesday (4/12/23) I was served with a civil lawsuit seeking $25,000 in damages due to my website supposedly not being ADA Compliant. The current version of my website was launched merely six months ago and the developers emphasized that it would meet all ADA requirements so my spidey senses started tingling immediately.
I'm fortunate to have a private investigator as a good friend as well as a few lawyer friends. In digging into this, we discovered that the plaintiff is a serial litigator who has 188 ADA lawsuits. It seemed odd that he was filing all of these lawsuits Pro-se (without a lawyer) so we dug a little deeper. The plaintiff is tied to a dis-barred lawyer (he embezzled client funds) who is acting as the puppet master. This dis-barred lawyer has a handful of disabled clients that he uses to file all of these lawsuits. The lawsuits are cookie cutter lawsuits and all are aimed at websites and not physical locations. They seek $25,000 in damages with a settlement of $4,000. For this client alone (and there are several other clients) the total settlement amount for the 188 cases would be $752,000.
What's perhaps even more interesting is this particular plaintiff seems especially interested in shaving websites, barbershop websites and cigar shop websites that are based in Los Angeles County. The day after I was served, the Shaver Shop down the street from me was also served. Although they do have a physical store, the suit filed against them was also for their website and not the physical store.
I have hired a specialty law firm and intend to fight this rather than settle. Someone needs to draw a line in the sand.

Hopefully, this group becomes totally disabled, and sued for their actions against others, rights.

This is a attack for monetary purposes, only.
How is anyone's rights, violated in a forum.