
U-Haul Uses ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Advertising, According to Investigation by Watchdog Group
Herb Weisbaum, The ConsumerMan, Consumers’ Checkbook
In November 2016, a federal judge denied a motion to compel arbitration in a false advertising class-action lawsuit against Spotify. The complaint, which was originally filed in June 2016 and amended the next month, alleges that the company deceptively offers automatic renewal and continuous service offers by failing to adequately present the terms of the offers and automatically charging consumers without their consent. (Ingalls et al v. Spotify USA, Inc. and Does 1-10, Case No. 16-cv-3533, N. D. CA.)
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Herb Weisbaum, The ConsumerMan, Consumers’ Checkbook
Is this device maker blowing hot air when it comes to its clog-free claims?
Products contain some surprising ingredients for a drink advertised as “like water.”
CBS News
Agency worries MLM defendants are dissipating assets.