The DOJ considers websites to be “places of public accommodation” but still hasn’t offered any rules or guidance. Because compliance remains a mystery, litigation has exploded—over 1,000 federal cases in the first half of 2018 alone.

FTC sued a company for buying fake Amazon reviews.

Oral arguments were held February 1 in the lawsuit challenging the FCC's repeal of the Open Internet Rule. That rule, implemented under the Obama administration in 2015, instituted a system of net neutrality for internet users; this lawsuit alleges that the FCC under the current administration scrapped the rules without the necessary legitimate legal reasons for doing so.

The First Circuit found that Uber’s ToS arbitration clause was unenforceable against its customers in part because the hyperlink was grey, not blue.

Apple beat an ADA web accessibility suit in SDNY on standing grounds. The plaintiff had filed over 800 federal web accessibility suits since 2017, inspiring this comment from the judge: There is nothing inherently wrong with filing duplicative lawsuits against multiple defendants if the harms to be remedied do exist and are indeed identical. But those who live by the photocopier shall die by the photocopier. By failing specifically to assert any concrete injury, Plaintiff’s claims fail as a matter of law.

Check the local regs before advertising outdoors.