Washington Consumer Protection Act

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.