The years-long wave of lawsuitsover credit union website accessibility may have flattened out in2019, but some credit unions may have work to do in 2020 if theywant to avoid the undertow of what is still a strong current ofrisk, two industry attorneys warned.

The wave started in 2017 when plaintiffs across the countrybegan filing dozens of lawsuits against credit unions. Those suitsessentially contended that the credit unions' websites didn'tcomply with the Americans with Disabilities Act because theyallegedly lacked certain pieces of code or features forvisually-impaired users. Most cases settled, but courts alsodismissed several suits after a relativehandful of credit unions chose to fight the allegations.

Relatively speaking, things have been quieter since thosedecisions began rolling in during 2018 and 2019.