New Jersey businesses face 100+/year ADA website accessibility lawsuits annually. Under NJ Law Against Discrimination, NJ businesses must ensure their websites meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards or face statutory damages, attorney's fees, and injunctive relief.
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New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination is one of the strongest state anti-discrimination statutes. It covers website accessibility and provides for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees.
NJ courts have applied the Law Against Discrimination to websites, creating strong precedent for digital accessibility requirements.
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Yes. The NJ LAD is one of the few state laws that allows punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages and attorney's fees for disability discrimination. This makes New Jersey claims potentially more expensive than federal ADA claims alone, where punitive damages are not available.
New Jersey courts have explicitly applied the Law Against Discrimination to websites, establishing that digital properties are places of public accommodation. This precedent removes the legal ambiguity that exists in some other states about whether websites fall under accessibility laws.
Yes. A plaintiff can file under both the federal ADA and the NJ Law Against Discrimination. The NJ LAD's additional remedy of punitive damages makes dual-filing attractive for plaintiffs, and businesses face exposure under both legal frameworks for the same website violations.
Northern New Jersey businesses face additional risk because the same plaintiff law firms active in New York also target NJ businesses. The geographic proximity and shared plaintiff attorney networks mean that NJ businesses are often swept up in the same campaigns that drive New York's high lawsuit volume.
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