Washington Consumer Protection Act

April 22, 2024 A lawsuit accuses Central Bank of Kansas City of issuing prepaid debit cards saddled with fees to individuals arrested, detained and released from custody to have confiscated cash returned to them.

April 5, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses Shapermint of unlawfully enrolling consumers in recurring, paid memberships without authorization.

March 19, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Epic Games has illegally tracked the personal information of Fortnite players under 13 and exploited the data for commercial gain.

March 15, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Paula’s Choice has reneged on its cruelty-free promise by conducting animal testing to gain access to the Chinese market.

March 11, 2024 New class action lawsuits allege benzoyl peroxide acne treatments made and/or sold by L’Oréal, Walgreens, Walmart and Genomma Lab are illegal to sell since they contain benzene.

February 13, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Amazon has violated consumer protection laws by charging Prime Video subscribers an extra monthly fee to remove ads from the streaming platform.

January 4, 2024 A class action accuses Dolly, Inc. of failing to protect the personal data of current and former employees, independent contractors and customers during a cyberattack announced in November 2023.

December 18, 2023 A class action alleges the MX-13 engine found in certain Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks is plagued by a defect that can cause the fuel injector to clog without warning.

December 13, 2023 A class action alleges a vehicle service contract provider and its insurer have violated state law by selling to Washington consumers VSCs and PPGs that lack required disclosures.

November 1, 2023 A class action alleges the operator of Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena charges an undisclosed service fee when patrons buy concessions at non-Kraken events.

October 11, 2023 Costco faces a class action over its alleged use of a Meta Pixel to secretly disclose the private health information of millions of pharmacy customers to third parties.

September 29, 2023 Amazon faces a class action wherein a consumer claims the online retail giant did not refund his additional shipping fee after failing to deliver an order by the promised guaranteed delivery time.

September 19, 2023 A consumer alleges in a class action that Fred Meyer has routinely failed to credit his debit card for prepaid amounts of gasoline that the man did not pump.

September 18, 2023 A class action alleges e-bikes made by Rad Power Bikes are defective in that their “hazardous and patently unsafe design” is prone to cause catastrophic malfunctions.

August 30, 2023 Ford faces a class action that alleges 2020-present Explorers are defective in that they are equipped with a rear subframe assembly with only one rear axle horizontal mounting bolt.

August 8, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Overlake Hospital Medical Center has secretly shared website visitors’ personal and medical data with third parties, including Meta (Facebook), without consent.

June 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Whitworth University of failing to protect current and former students’ personal data from a cyberattack in July 2022.

May 5, 2023 A class action claims Amazon Prime subscribers do not receive the “exclusive savings” they're promised since the touted price reductions are, by and large, fake.

April 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Old Navy has sent Washington consumers misleading emails that advertise sales subject to “imaginary” time limits and false extensions or endings.

April 14, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Safeway and Albertson’s deceptively inflate the regular retail prices of certain products offered for sale as part of “Buy One, Get One Free” (BOGO) promotions.

November 9, 2022 A class action alleges Amazon relies on a “layered and confusing” process rife with “dark patterns” in an effort to prevent consumers from canceling their Prime memberships.

June 6, 2022 A proposed class action argues Amazon should have adjusted the cost of a yearly Prime membership accordingly, or offered refunds, after it stopped offering free Whole Foods delivery.

June 2, 2022 Wyze Labs faces a proposed class action over an alleged defect plaguing the company’s Cam V1, Cam V2 and Cam V3 products.

June 2, 2022 A Seattle resident has filed a proposed class action in which he claims to have been the victim of a scam targeting Wells Fargo Bank customers who use Zelle.

May 27, 2022 A number of 2021 Mazda vehicle models contain defective valve stem seals that can allow oil to leak into the engine’s combustion chamber, a class action claims.

May 25, 2022 A class action alleges USAA Group has illegally discriminated against current/former enlisted military personnel on certain pay grades who have or had coverage for a vehicle garaged in Washington.

March 24, 2022 A proposed class action alleges at least one variety of Amazon’s Happy Belly spices contains undisclosed heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium and lead.

February 17, 2022 Sea Mar Community Health Centers faces at least four class actions over a data breach in which reportedly three terabytes of sensitive information belonging to more than 650K people was stolen.

November 19, 2021 A class action claims the sunroofs in certain Honda and Acura vehicles are prone to “suddenly explode” and can cause glass to fall onto a vehicle’s occupants.

September 17, 2021 A lawsuit claims Amazon unlawfully charged sales tax on the purchase of gift cards and digital goods in violation of its own representations and state tax laws.

August 16, 2021 Amazon faces a class action in Washington over its sale of lithium-ion 18650 battery cells.

July 14, 2021 A class action contends that the Sidewalk network built into Amazon’s Ring doorbells and Echo smart speakers essentially steals consumers’ paid-for internet bandwidth without consent.

July 13, 2021 A class action alleges Visa cardholders have paid more for certain transactions due to the finance giant’s profit-focused application of inflated foreign exchange rates.

July 9, 2021 Amazon faces a proposed class action that alleges it price-gouged consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 6, 2021 A proposed class action claims Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant secretly records conversations users never intended Alexa, or anyone else, to hear.

May 21, 2021 A lawsuit claims Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant secretly makes and stores recordings of conversations even when consumers do not intend to activate the device.

April 22, 2021 A proposed class action claims Symetra Life Insurance Company has made improper deductions from the cash values of consumers’ life insurance policies.

January 15, 2021 A class action alleges Invitation Homes has unlawfully stacked penalties against renting tenants across 12 states.

January 5, 2021 A class action alleges Perkins Coie, LLP and several related entities misappropriated money they agreed to hold in escrow and distribute in accordance with “white paper” solicitation documents for an initial token offering.

December 9, 2020 The operators of Clear Choice Cannabis face a lawsuit that claims the dispensary has sent spam text messages to consumers who never consented to receive them.

November 20, 2020 A class action alleges debt collector Radius Global Solutions has violated Washington law by ignoring the state's medical Charity Care program mandates.

November 19, 2019 A proposed class action claims Robinhood Markets, Inc. and its subsidiary “initiated and assisted” in the transmission of unsolicited spam texts through a “refer-a-friend” program.