Retail

February 26, 2024 A consumer claims in a class action that Home Depot allowed his customer service calls to be secretly “wiretapped” by Google without his consent.

February 23, 2024 A class action claims Purple has misled shoppers by listing products online with fictitious original prices and fake corresponding discounts.

February 16, 2024 A class action claims P&G falsely advertises certain Herbal Essences and Pantene products as made with “natural-origin” or “naturally derived” ingredients.

February 13, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Amazon has violated consumer protection laws by charging Prime Video subscribers an extra monthly fee to remove ads from the streaming platform.

January 31, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Visa has failed to warn the public that its Vanilla gift cards are regularly redeemed fraudulently by third parties.

January 31, 2024 A class action claims Walmart has violated federal law by failing to ensure that its website is fully accessible to consumers who are blind or have vision-related disabilities.

January 16, 2024 A class action alleges ASICS has misled consumers by advertising products in its outlet stores with false original prices and corresponding “phantom” discounts, giving the impression of a deal.

January 11, 2024 A class action accuses Nectar of unlawfully advertising products on its online store with misleading limited-time offers and fake discounts based on false “original” prices.

January 11, 2024 A class action claims certain Beautyrest- and Madison Park-brand bedding products are advertised with inflated thread counts.

January 11, 2024 A class action alleges consumers who browse AdamEve.com have had details of their sexual preferences, sexual orientation, sex toy preferences and more shared with Google without their consent.

January 3, 2024 A class action alleges the Equate Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor is decidedly incapable of providing accurate, reliable blood pressure readings.

December 22, 2023 A class action claims 1-800-Flowers and third-party vendor Interactions, LLC have secretly “wiretapped” customer calls without consent.

December 13, 2023 A class action claims Saks.com, the e-commerce division of designer clothing retailer Saks Fifth Avenue, secretly embeds tracking technology into marketing emails.

December 12, 2023 A class action alleges Walmart and Cash App have known for years that their financial services are a key tool for scammers yet have ignored the “obvious holes” in their anti-fraud measures.

December 5, 2023 A class action alleges Lumineux Whitening Strips fail to adhere to consumers’ teeth for the recommended 30-minute treatment and do not achieve any meaningful teeth whitening within that period.

December 4, 2023 Walmart and Delivery Drivers, Inc. face a class action wherein a former employee claims he was misclassified as an independent contractor and denied proper wages and benefits.

November 10, 2023 A class action claims Peter Thomas Roth Labs has misled consumers by selling its Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Rich Barrier moisturizer in oversized boxes that are “more than half empty.”

October 20, 2023 A proposed class action alleges the poor packaging and “minimal security” of Green Dot gift cards sold at Walmart allow the cards to be easily tampered with.

October 19, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges GameStop deceptively “lures” consumers into making online purchases with false promises of free shipping should they spend a certain amount on their orders.

October 16, 2023 A proposed class action alleges Target and Walmart have illegally and negligently charged sales tax on purchases of American flags in Florida.

October 16, 2023 Francesca’s faces a class action over a Jan. 2023 data breach in which cybercriminals accessed current and former employees’ and customers’ personal information.

October 16, 2023 A class action alleges Kohl’s has misled consumers by advertising products with false “regular” or “original” prices and corresponding fake discounts, giving an impression of a bargain.

October 11, 2023 Costco faces a class action over its alleged use of a Meta Pixel to secretly disclose the private health information of millions of pharmacy customers to third parties.

October 10, 2023 A class action accuses National Geographic Partners of unlawfully enrolling consumers in recurring, paid subscriptions without consent.

October 9, 2023 A class action alleges PayPal has illegally wielded agreements with online retailers to prevent them from offering price incentives to steer consumers away from the payment platform.

October 9, 2023 A class action claims the company behind iCanvas.com and iCanvasArt.com has misled consumers by listing products online with artificially inflated original prices and corresponding illusory discounts.

October 5, 2023 A class action alleges Amazon has wielded “price-parity” agreements with third-party sellers to prevent price competition online and trick consumers into believing they are getting the lowest prices possible.

October 3, 2023 A retail pharmacy claims in a class action that several consumer health companies have misled the public by marketing over-the-counter medications containing phenylephrine as effective nasal decongestants.

October 3, 2023 A class action accuses the Bradford Exchange of unlawfully enrolling consumers in recurring, paid subscriptions without authorization.

September 29, 2023 Amazon faces a class action wherein a consumer claims the online retail giant did not refund his additional shipping fee after failing to deliver an order by the promised guaranteed delivery time.

September 27, 2023 A class action claims Amazon unlawfully collects, stores, shares and profits from the biometric data of consumers who shop at select Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores that employ the company’s Just Walk Out (JWO) technology.

September 7, 2023 Madison Reed, Inc. faces a class action filed by a consumer who claims to have received numerous unsolicited texts from the company despite having never provided consent to be contacted.

August 29, 2023 A class action claims Nutricost has misled consumers by falsely advertising that a two-capsule serving of its magnesium dietary supplement contains 420 milligrams of magnesium glycinate.

August 28, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the makers of NUK pacifiers have misled consumers by falsely representing that their “orthodontic” pacifiers promote healthy oral and orofacial development in children.

August 23, 2023 A class action alleges certain Samsung QLED TVs have been falsely advertised with certain characteristics, qualities and features that the products decidedly lack.

August 23, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims The Gap failed to give remote employees at least 60 days’ advance notice prior to a mass layoff earlier this year.

August 7, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges that The Children’s Place has knowingly concealed from consumers that its school uniforms contain harmful polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals.”

August 1, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims EssilorLuxottica and 48 other subsidiaries, manufacturers, retailers and fashion houses have conspired to artificially inflate the price of eyewear products by as much as 1000 percent.

July 21, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit claims clothing retailer Citi Trends failed to protect the personal information of current and former employees during a January 2023 cyberattack.

July 18, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims RugsUSA, LLC has misled consumers by listing products on its online store with false “original” prices and corresponding fake discounts, giving the impression of a bargain.

June 22, 2023 Samsung faces a proposed class action over its decision to sell the pricey Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone without a charging block.

June 19, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges Whole Foods has overcharged New York consumers for sales tax on certain food products that should have been tax exempt.

June 15, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Sur La Table, a cookware and dining supplies retailer, failed to protect the personal information of current and former employees during a March 2023 cyberattack.

June 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims 1-800-Flowers has violated California law by charging consumers for a recurring paid program without obtaining consent or providing proper notice.

June 12, 2023 The maker of TheraFlu and Emergen-C faces a class action that claims the co-packaging of the products leads consumers to expect that vitamin C supplement Emergen-C is as effective at treating cold and flu symptoms as TheraFlu.

June 9, 2023 A class action lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles resident claims Home Depot has violated California’s abandoned property laws in its handling of merchandise purchased for later pickup.

June 9, 2023 Dyson faces a class action lawsuit that claims the company has unlawfully conditioned the validity of consumers’ product warranties on the use of only authorized repair services or replacement parts.

June 8, 2023 Three California residents have filed several proposed class action lawsuits in which they accuse certain automakers and retailers of allowing third parties to wiretap the online chat interactions of website visitors without consent.

May 30, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Kramer Laboratories has misled consumers by marketing its Fungi-Nail products as a treatment for nail fungus, even though the medications are in fact ineffective against fungal infections.

May 24, 2023 Lens.com faces a class action lawsuit that claims the online contact lens store has misrepresented its listed prices to “lure” consumers while unlawfully concealing additional surcharges.