12 results for 'cat:"Consumer Law" AND cat:"Business Practices"'.
J. Du dismisses class claims the Las Vegas strip businesses, along with a software company, unlawfully restrained trade by artificially inflating prices of hotel rooms after collectively agreeing to use a specific software. The class has not plausibly alleged a tacit agreement between the strip businesses or a restraint on trade, in part, because hotels are not required to and often do not accept pricing recommendations generated by the hotel revenue management site's products.
Court: USDC Nevada, Judge: Du , Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv140, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: Antitrust, consumer Law, business Practices
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J. Massing vacates summary judgment in favor of a hotel being sued by children’s clothing sellers who were told to leave the hotel after they arrived to conduct business with retailers, were told by the hotel that there was an unwritten policy against conducting business at the hotel and then they argued against the imposition of this new unwritten policy that they hadn't been told about previously. While the hotel didn’t violate a consumer protection statute, the hotel arguably referenced a “fictitious policy” as a “deceptive means of forcing them out.” Reversed.
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Court, Judge: Massing, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 23-P-178, Categories: Commerce, consumer Law, business Practices
Per curiam, the circuit finds that the district court properly dismissed class claims alleging deceptive trade practices concerning the package labeling for Craftsman vacuums. The class contends the vacuums could not achieve peak horsepower as advertised, but an asterisk on the label pointed out that peak horsepower had been achieved during lab tests rather than ordinary use. Affirmed.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: 23-735-cv, Categories: consumer Law, business Practices
J. Chen trims a consumer’s class action lawsuit and preserves a single claim for deceptive business practices under Massachusetts state law against Laundromax, a nation wide chain of laundromats. She claims the chain sells laundry cards for use in their laundry mats which cannot be used when the balance gets too low, nor can the balance be refunded, a system that she claims functions as a hidden fee not disclosed to customers. She plausibly alleges under a theory of unfairness that the company designed its price structure to prevent card balances from ever reaching zero, resulting in millions of dollars in revenue to which it was not entitled.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Chen, Filed On: January 29, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1750, NOS: Truth in Lending - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: consumer Law, business Practices, Class Action
J. Jenkins partially grants the Federal Trade Commission's motion for summary judgment on its consumer protection claims against a group of telemarketing companies. The court finds those companies are liable for violating the Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule for making calls to numbers on the federal Do Not Call List, and for assisting other telemarketing companies in doing the same. However, the court also grants the telemarketing companies' cross-motion for summary judgment on the Federal Trade Commission's claim that they are liable for calls to Do Not Call List numbers placed by their partners at IBT.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Jenkins, Filed On: September 1, 2023, Case #: 1:19cv1984, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: consumer Law, business Practices
Per curiam, the circuit finds that the district court properly found for a dog food company in deceptive trade practices claims contending plaintiff would not have paid top dollar for kibble if she had known it contained heavy metals. Fraud-by-omission had not occurred since metals are known to be prevalent in a wide variety of food products. Affirmed.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: June 6, 2023, Case #: 22-962-cv, Categories: consumer Law, business Practices