This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Class Action

Mar. 2, 2026

Attorney prevails against PayPal in first oral argument over browser

U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that PayPal failed to show consumers agreed to arbitrate claims over its Honey browser extension, allowing most of the class action to proceed in court.

A class action against PayPal over claims its $4 billion Honey browser extension misled consumers can proceed after a federal judge in San Francisco denied an attempt to compel arbitration, finding the companies' user arbitration agreements were not conspicuous enough.

An attorney for the plaintiffs, Savannah Green of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, prevailed in the motion in her first oral argument.

"I'm very proud of the outcome," Green said ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$895, but save $100 when you subscribe today… Just $795 for the first year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up