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Frontier’s Restocking Fee Class Action Frontier’s Restocking Fee Allegations: Misleadingly representing that customers “never have to worry about hidden fees” when the company does not adequately disclose that those who cancel their services will be charged a restocking…
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Vexus Fiber Class Action Vexus Fiber Allegations: Failing to include its Network Access Fee in advertised prices
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Why You Might be Trapped In That Gym Membership Forever Blog Why You Might be Trapped In That Gym Membership Forever Some members of Congress want to kill a popular “click-to-cancel” rule.
OnlyFans Subscriptions Class Action OnlyFans Subscriptions Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions
Apple Intelligence Ad Alert Apple Intelligence Apple iPhone 16 users are asking Siri, where are the AI features that were touted in ads?
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‘Nature’s Hidden Cures’ Ad Alert ‘Nature’s Hidden Cures’ The truth about this “free” book and its mysterious publisher.
Brightspeed Class Action Brightspeed Allegations: Misrepresenting that the company safeguards consumers’ personal information when it failed to do so and there was a data breach in 2026
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TurboTax’s Free Services Class Action TurboTax’s Free Services Allegations: Deceptively marketing TurboTax’s free tax filing services
Stream Energy/Ignite Brands Stream Energy/Ignite TINA.org investigated Stream Energy, a Texas-based multilevel marketing company that resold electricity and gas to customers, as well as wireless phone and personal protective services, and found that the company…
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Taxes Shouldn’t Be This Taxing Blog Taxes Shouldn’t Be This Taxing How tax preparation services may actually make your life harder.
Towel Service at 24 Hour Fitness Class Action Towel Service at 24 Hour Fitness Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that members who pay for the Super Sport membership would be provided with towel service at gyms when the gyms stopped providing towel service in June 2019