If you're using an affordable website builder like GoDaddy, Wix, or Squarespace and thought adding an accessibility widget would protect you from ADA lawsuits, we need to have an honest conversation. The short answer: it won't. The FTC's Wake-Up Call In January 2025, the Federal Trade Commission fined AccessiBe one million dollars for making deceptive claims about its accessibility widget. AccessiBe marketed their product as providing "full compliance guaranteed" and promised a...

By Sally Chan, Esq., West Themis Law, PC California has taken a major step toward expanding access to justice for survivors of sexual assault. Beginning January 1, 2026 , a new California law— Assembly Bill 250 (AB 250) —creates a limited two-year window allowing survivors to file civil lawsuits for sexual assault even if the statute of limitations previously expired . For many victims, particularly those harmed in the workplace, this law represents an unprecedented opportunity to hold...

Recent amendments to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), enacted on June 27, 2024, and effective immediately for PAGA...