YouTube App on LG’s Smart TVs

In November 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against LG Electronics alleging that the company misleadingly markets Smart TVs as being capable of accessing videos from YouTube when, according to plaintiffs, consumers no longer have access to the YouTube app on Smart TVs that send content and communicate using an older, flash-based Application Programming Interface (API). (According to the complaint, Smart TVs manufactured with the newer, HTML5-based API system still provide access to YouTube.) The lawsuit was transferred to federal court in December 2017. (Conn et al v. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Case No. 17-cv-8793, C. D. CA.)

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LG Slide-In Ranges and Freestanding Ranges

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LG Slide-In Ranges and Freestanding Ranges

Allegations: Marketing products as safe and high quality when the oven knobs can be activated by accidental contact due to a defect

LG Refrigerators with Craft Ice Makers

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LG Refrigerators with Craft Ice Makers

Allegations: Marketing that the ice machines make “Craft Ice” when they prematurely fail due to a defect

LG Gas Stoves, Ranges, and Ovens

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LG Gas Stoves, Ranges, and Ovens

Allegations: Failing to disclose that appliances emit pollutants that are harmful to people

LG Refrigerators with Craft Ice Machines

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LG Refrigerators with Craft Ice Machines

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing refrigerators as high quality, dependable, and capable of producing craft ice when they do not work as advertised due to a defect

LG QuadWash Dishwashers

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LG QuadWash Dishwashers

Allegations: Marketing dishwashers as high quality and dependable when they malfunction, stop mid-cycle and become inoperable due to a defect in the LED control panel

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