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A state courthouse interior from the gallery, wooden pews visible foreground and the judge's bench blurred in background — the visual marker for the federal-to-state-court ADA-filing migration.

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ADA filings move to state court: Unruh, NYCHRL, and the post-Acheson migration

The Supreme Court's 2023 Acheson Hotels disposition, the New York CPLR §3211 procedural reforms, and California's §425.55 high-frequency-litigant gate have measurably moved ADA-style accessibility filings off the federal docket and into state court.

May 22, 2026 23 min read By Disability World

The California Bear Flag and the New York State flag mounted side-by-side in front of a courthouse — visual anchor for state-level ADA supplements reporting.

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State-level supplements to the ADA: Unruh, NYCHRL, and the litigation magnet effect

Federal ADA Title III gives plaintiffs injunctive relief and fees. California's Unruh Act and the New York City Human Rights Law add per-visit statutory damages — and that is why two states host the overwhelming share of web-accessibility filings.

May 22, 2026 15 min read By Disability World