📁 Past Consumer Cases
What Cases In The Past Could I Have Filed For?
Unless your profession involves slipping on people’s driveways (you didn’t get that idea from us…), you’re probably not always up-to-date on your rights. Fortunately, there are brave (and fairly well-compensated) legal teams that partner with the people to stand guard against large-scale wrongs committed in the shadows.
Okay, so what does that mean for me? Let's take a look at a few past consumer cases to see what was out there (this is by no means an exhaustive list):
OPEN CASES
💳️ Payment Card Settlement (2024)
This lawsuit is about claims that merchants paid excessive fees to accept Visa and Mastercard cards because Visa and Mastercard, individually, and together with their respective member banks, forced merchants to pay excessive interchange fees between 2004 and 2019, violating antitrust laws. To learn more, visit CAC’s settlement page here: https://www.classactconnect.com/cases/payment-card-settlement-5-billion
🍗 Broiler Chicken Antitrust (2024)
The Defendants and their co-conspirators conspired and combined to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price and supply of chicken products, as of January 1, 2009, with the intent and expected result of increasing prices of chicken products in the United States, in violation of federal and state consumer and antitrust laws. To learn more, visit CAC’s settlement page here: https://www.classactconnect.com/cases/overcharged-for-chicken-181-million
🍊 Walmart Weighed Groceries (2024)
To learn more, check out this news page here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/02/28/walmart-settlement-weighted-groceries-class-action-lawsuit/72770499007/
🚚 Hino Trucks Emissions (2024)
The case alleges that Hino Motors misrepresented emission levels and exceeded regulatory limits with certain Hino trucks. To learn more, check out this news page here: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/purchasers-and-lessees-of-certain-hino-trucks-may-qualify-for-a-payment-in-a-237-5-million-class-action-settlement-302016993.html
CLOSED CASES
📵 Verizon Administrative Charge (2024)
Verizon Wireless (“Verizon”) charged a monthly Administrative Charge and/or Administrative and Telco Recovery Charge (collectively, “Administrative Charge”) on Verizon post-paid individual consumer wireless accounts that was unfair and not adequately disclosed. To learn more, visit CAC’s settlement page here: https://www.classactconnect.com/cases/verizon-admin-charge-settlement-100-million
🥓 Pork Indirect Purchaser (2024)
This lawsuit alleges that the Defendants and their co-conspirators conspired and combined to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price of Pork products with the intent and expected result of increasing prices of Pork products in the United States, in violation of federal and state consumer and antitrust laws.To learn more, visit CAC’s settlement page here: https://www.classactconnect.com/cases/overcharged-for-pork-75-million
👁️ GrandeLash-MD (2024)
Grande Cosmetics failed to disclose information regarding GrandeLASH-MD, GrandeBROW, and GrandeHAIR, including that an ingredient, Isopropyl Cloprostenate, is a prostaglandin analog which poses undisclosed risks of adverse reactions. To learn more, visit CAC’s settlement page here: https://www.classactconnect.com/cases/grande-cosmetics-settlement-6-million
🤳 Instagram Biometric Privacy (2023)
Instagram violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, allegedly collected and stored biometric identifiers and/or biometric information through the use of Instagram’s social media platform without complying with BIPA’s requirements. To learn more, visit CAC’s settlement page here: https://www.classactconnect.com/cases/instagram-il-bipa
💻️ Facebook Cambridge Analytica (2023)
Numerous lawsuits were brought on behalf of Facebook users who allege that Facebook (now Meta Platforms, Inc.) shared or otherwise made accessible to third parties (including but not limited to third-party app developers, “whitelisted” parties, business partners, advertisers, and data brokers) user data and data about users’ friends without permission of the users whose data was shared, and did not sufficiently monitor and enforce third-party access or use of that data. To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://facebookuserprivacysettlement.com/
📲 Android OS App Developer (2023)
This lawsuit alleged that Google monopolized (or attempted to monopolize) alleged markets related to the distribution of Android OS apps and in-app products in violation of U.S. and California law. To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://www.googleplaydevelopersettlement.com/
📵 AT&T Administrative Charge (2022)
California AT&T customers claimed in a class action lawsuit that AT&T has charged its post-paid wireless service customers a monthly Administrative Fee that was unfair and not adequately disclosed. To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://www.attvianuclassactionsettlement.com/
🚖 Uber Safe Rides Fee (2022)
Uber and made misrepresentations about the “Safe Rides Fee,” safety measures, and the background check process for potential drivers. To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://www.ridesharesettlement.com/
💻️ Facebook Biometric Privacy (2021)
Facebook allegedly collected and stored the biometric data of Facebook users in Illinois without the proper notice and consent in violation of Illinois law as part of its “Tag Suggestions” feature and other features involving facial recognition technology. To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://www.facebookbipaclassaction.com/
🏦 Wells Fargo Unauthorized Accounts (2020)
Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve their potential criminal and civil liability stemming from a practice between 2002 and 2016 of pressuring employees to meet unrealistic sales goals that led thousands of employees to provide millions of accounts or products to customers under false pretenses or without consent, often by creating false records or misusing customers’ identitiesTo learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://wfsettlement.com/
📱 iPhone Performance (2020)
Plaintiffs claimed that a performance management feature introduced for iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, and SE devices in iOS 10.2.1, and introduced for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices in iOS 11.2, diminished the performance of some of those devices. To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://www.smartphoneperformancesettlement.com/
🫒 Bertolli Olive Oil (2019)
The case alleged that the company had fraudulently labeled some of its olive oils as “Imported from Italy” when olives from at least seven other countries had been used. To learn more, visit the newspage here: https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/business/north-america/filippo-berio-and-bertolli-class-action/45953
🧻 Target Flushable Wipes (2018)
A decisive settlement was won against Target Corporation and Nice-Pak Products, Inc., over allegations that the Up & Up flushable toddler wipes were misleadingly marketed as “flushable.” To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://www.tzlegal.com/our-successes/2-15-million-settlement-in-flushable-wipes-false-advertising-class-action/
🚖 Uber TCPA (2017)
Uber allegedly breached the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for the rideshare company sent unwanted non-emergency text messages. To learn more, visit the legal site here: https://www.tzlegal.com/our-successes/20-million-settlement-in-uber-tcpa-class-action/
🚕 Lyft New York Drivers (2017)
This case was for Lyft Drivers! Lyft could have owee you money if you had deductions taken for New York sales tax and Black Car Fund fees. To learn more, visit the settlement site here:To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://lyftnyagsettlement.com/Home/portalid/0
🚖 Uber New York Drivers (2017)
This case was for Uber Drivers! Uber could have owee you money if you had deductions taken for New York sales tax and Black Car Fund fees. To learn more, visit the settlement site here: https://ubernyagsettlement.com/Home/portalid/0
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