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Carpart.com’s Shipping Protection Fee
Case Name (Date)
Powell et al. v. Carparts.com, Inc.
26-cv-12457, N.D. Cal.
(Oct. 2026)
Product/Service
Carparts.com merchandise
Allegations
Failing to adequately disclose an automatic shipping protection fee that applies unless consumers uncheck a prechecked box
Falsely representing that the shipping protection fee protects against lost, stolen or damaged packages when those protections are “largely duplicative [of] protections consumers already have”
Status
Pending
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