CATrends: Deceptive ‘Plant-Based’ Claims
A deceptive marketing trend takes root.
Upside Services Referral Program
Case Name (Date)
Allec et al. v. Upside Services, Inc.
23-cv-5982, N.D. Cal.
(Nov. 2023)
Product/Service
Upside Services Referral Program
Allegations
Offering to pay users every time someone they referred to Upside’s services buys gas when the company modified the terms of its referral program in 2021 and stopped making payments under the original referral program
Status
Pending
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