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LuLaRoe’s Return Policies Class Action LuLaRoe’s Return Policies Allegations: Misrepresenting return and refund policies and practices
Office Depot’s Discounts Class Action Office Depot’s Discounts Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts as available for a limited time
Harvard Business Review Materials Class Action Harvard Business Review Materials Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts as available for a limited time
Premier Financial Alliance Pyramid Scheme Claims Class Action Premier Financial Alliance Pyramid Scheme Claims Allegations: Operating an illegal pyramid scheme and making deceptive income claims
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SchoolCafe Class Action SchoolCafe Allegations: Hiding its “Convenience Fee” until the end of transactions
EZSchoolPay Class Action EZSchoolPay Allegations: Misrepresenting that convenience and service fees are charged by the school or district to cover credit card processing costs when EZSchoolPay itself charges the fees, sets them above its…
MySchoolAccount Class Action MySchoolAccount Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that a $4 transaction fee is added to all transactions
MySchoolBucks Program Class Action MySchoolBucks Program Allegations: Falsely representing that the “Program Fee” is charged by schools for participating in the program when it is actually a credit and debit card surcharge charged by Heartland
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Lakeshore Learning Discounts Class Action Lakeshore Learning Discounts Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts as available for a limited time
Performance Golf’s “Scratch Club” subscriptions Class Action Performance Golf’s “Scratch Club” subscriptions Allegations: Failing to properly disclose that purchases automatically enroll consumers into subscriptions
Hotmart Class Action Hotmart Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions and making them difficult to cancel