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Derek Kravitz, Consumer Reports
Boukhny et al. v. Drop Technologies Inc.
24-cv-7848, C.D. Cal.
(Sept. 2024)
Drop
(an app that tracks purchases made on credit cards and awards points based on spending and available promotions)
Misleadingly representing that consumers can use their earned points to redeem gift cards without difficulties or restrictions when gift cards were consistently sold out and the app’s redemption system was “inadequate and unworkable”
Pending
Derek Kravitz, Consumer Reports
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