Three weeks after AccessiBe was sued, UserWay was too - by 4 of the same plaintiffs' law firms. On July 19, 2024, a class action complaint was filed against UserWay alleging that the widget giant had caused damages through its "misleading and false representations in its advertising, its direct marketing, its standard form correspondences with customers, and in its standard form contract regarding its “overlay” products that purport to adjust any website’s underlying code."
Overlay Fact Sheet:
https://overlayfactsheet.com
Overlay False Claims:
https://overlayfalseclaims.com
Colleen Gratzer (Design Domination) UserWay Class-action Lawsuit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc4aaZmsjfs
AccessiBe Sued: Class Action Lawsuit Says Widget Seller Made False Claims
https://adabook.medium.com/accessibe-sued-class-action-lawsuit-says-widget-seller-made-false-claims-4cee62bfa420
AccessiBe Sued: Class Action Lawsuit May Take Down Accessibility Overlay Widget Industry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh6XNp8NcWY
Reasonable-Consumer Test (for deceptive advertising):
https://www.ecommerceattorney.io/what-is-the-reasonable-consumer-standard-for-digital-marketing-compliance
Level Access Completes Acquisition of UserWay, Signaling the Next Evolution of Digital Accessibility:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/level-access-completes-acquisition-userway-123000547.html
Tim Springer (former Level Access CEO) LinkedIn overlay articles:
Lies, Damned Lies, Overlays and Widgets
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lies-damned-overlays-widgets-timothy-springer
My Perspective: Digital Accessibility and Overlays
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-perspective-digital-accessibility-overlays-timothy-springer-bhx2c?trk=public_post_feed-article-content
Is it Okay to Use an Accessibility Overlay as a Temporary Solution?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okay-use-accessibility-overlay-temporary-solution-timothy-springer?trk=public_post_comment-text
New Lawsuit Against a ‘Certified’ Accessibility Overlay Customer:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-lawsuit-against-certified-accessibility-overlay-timothy-springer
Userway Will Get You Sued:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html
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