Consumer Fraud

Apple’s top-of-the-line M1 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pro laptops come with screens that are “extraordinarily fragile,” and prone to crack, black out, show magenta, purple and blue lines and squares or otherwise stop working.

A proposed class action alleges Robinhood Financial LLC is “yet another Wall Street Wolf disguised in sheep’s clothing” and has conspired with hedge funds Citadel Securities and Point72 Asset Management.

Readers who’ve bought e-books from the biggest publishers through various online retail outlets have paid “supracompetitive” prices as the result of a price-fixing conspiracy, a proposed class action alleges.

Three class actions say formulas made by Mead Johnson & Co., Gerber and Target are misleadingly labeled in that buyers are led to believe the products are nutritionally appropriate for toddlers.

A lawsuit has recently been filed against Lululemon Athletica Incorporated over the retailer’s alleged misrepresentations about its clothing’s cotton content.

Plantronics, Inc.’s BackBeat FIT wireless headphones are the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit filed in California that alleges the supposedly sweatproof and waterproof Bluetooth headphones are not as durable or long-lasting as advertised.

Nestlé USA, Inc. finds itself as the defendant in a proposed class action filed in California federal court.

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. and parent company Unilever United States have been named in a new lawsuit over the allegedly deceptive labeling, marketing and sale of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream products.

Sears, Roebuck, & Co. is among three defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a consumer who claims certain Kenmore-brand gas water heaters are defective.