CATrends: Fake Discounts on Fitness Products
When the sale price is the regular price.
Heard et al. v. First Community Credit Union
21-cv-3690, S.D. Tex.
(Nov. 2021)
Checking accounts
Misrepresenting when consumers will be charged overdraft fees
Misleadingly representing the nature of the overdraft program
Voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled.
When the sale price is the regular price.
Software maker will pay a $75 million fine and provide “affected consumers” with free services.
Order puts platforms like Amazon and Walmart on notice.
Advertised “best deal ever” comes with some caveats.
Cecilia D’Anastasio, Bloomberg