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Kahn v. Coinbase Inc.
Where Coinbase user's request for injunctive relief was not limited to existing account holders but rather sought to protect the general public, agreement to arbitrate was unenforceable. 		Consumer Law, Arbitration 1DCA/3 Oct. 27, 2025
Kashanian v. National Enterprise Systems
A plaintiff seeking statutory damages under the Collection Notice law and Rosenthal Act has standing by virtue of a debt collector's statutory violations, not the suffering of an actual injury. 		Consumer Law 1DCA/3 Oct. 2, 2025
People v. Adir International LLC
Civil Code sections 1805.4 and 1810.4's "no fee" provisions bar all fees not specifically authorized and regulated by the Unruh Retail Installment Sales Act for retail installment purchases. 		Consumer Law 2DCA/8 Sep. 11, 2025
Cruz v. Tapestry
Grey notice text on off-white checkout page containing other distracting elements was insufficient to alert reasonably prudent internet customers that purchasing website's products would bind them to the terms of use. 		Arbitration, Consumer Law 2DCA/1 Aug. 29, 2025
Popa v. Microsoft Corporation
Plaintiff lacked Article III standing because the alleged harm she suffered as a result of defendants' tracking of her website activities was not concrete. 		Cyber Law, Consumer Law 9th Aug. 27, 2025
Johnson v. Stoneridge Creek Pleasanton CCRC
Consumer Legal Remedies Act's fee-recovery provision did not prohibit a continuing care retirement community from funding its defense costs--in a lawsuit brought by a resident--through the monthly fees charged to residents. 		Consumer Law 1DCA/4 Aug. 21, 2025
Grijalva v. ADP Screening & Selection Services Inc.
While the fact of plaintiff's ineligibility for a program was an "ongoing" event, excepted from the Fair Credit Reporting Act's 7-year reporting limit, the reasons underlying her ineligibility (a suspended nursing license) were not. 		Consumer Law 9th Aug. 18, 2025
Kim v. Airstream
Forum selection clause was enforceable where contract was not tainted by unconscionability and illegal choice of law provision seeking to waive unwaivable rights was severed by the trial court. 		Consumer Law 2DCA/1 Aug. 1, 2025
Noohi v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
Because expert's proposed damages method could viably measure damages on a classwide basis, district court did not abuse its discretion in certifying class. 		Consumer Law 9th Jul. 28, 2025
Tidrick v. FCA US LLC
Trial court erroneously calculated Song-Beverly fee award using prevailing attorney rates in plaintiff's county of residence, rather than the rates prevailing in the venue. 		Consumer Law 4DCA/3 Jul. 24, 2025
Ford Motor Warranty Cases
Ford Motor Company was not entitled to compel auto-buyers' claims to arbitration by relying on arbitration clauses in the sales contracts between the buyers and seller dealerships. 		Arbitration, Consumer Law CASC Jul. 7, 2025
Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. v. Walmart, Inc.
Plaintiff who agreed to arbitration as an individual did not bind the state, so he could maintain qui tam action on behalf of the real party in interest, the state. 		Arbitration, Consumer Law 1DCA/1 Jul. 2, 2025
Scheibe v. ProSupps USA LLC
State-law mislabeling claim was not preempted where the complaint alleged single-sample testing, allowing a court to reasonably infer supplement may have been misbranded under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's multi-sample testing. 		Consumer Law 9th Jun. 24, 2025
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp.
Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to an agency's pre-enforcement interpretation of a statute. 		Civil Procedure, Consumer Law USSC Jun. 23, 2025
U.S. v. Zinnel
Debtor's timely request pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to change venue to district of residence created a mandatory judicial obligation and should have been granted. 		Consumer Law, Civil Procedure 9th Jun. 10, 2025
Guracar v. Student Loan Solutions
Plaintiff had standing to sue, as the Fair Debt Buying Practices Act, the Private Student Loan Collections Reform Act, and the Rosenthal Act do not require plaintiffs seeking statutory damages to show concrete harm. 		Consumer Law, Civil Procedure 6DCA May 22, 2025
Amended Opinion: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Cashcall, Inc.
Consumer lender failed to argue constitutional right to jury trial violation when it proceeded with a bench trial in the first phase of trial. 		Consumer Law 9th Apr. 25, 2025
Godun v. Justanswer LLC
Because Plaintiffs were not on inquiry notice of the agreement to arbitrate, no contract was formed when Plaintiffs were automatically subscribed and charged monthly for Defendant's web services. 		Consumer Law, Arbitration 9th Apr. 16, 2025
Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn
Using civil RICO's "injured in ... business" requirement, Plaintiff may seek treble damages and sue medical marijuana company based on personal injury of being fired after positive drug test. 		Torts, Consumer Law USSC Apr. 3, 2025
Osheske v. Silver Cinemas Acquisition Co.
Selling tickets to in-person movie screenings is not engaging in the rental, sale, or delivery of audiovisual materials within the meaning of the Video Privacy Protection Act. 		Consumer Law 9th Mar. 28, 2025
Ballesteros v. Ford Motor Co.
Defendant Ford Motor, as nonsignatory to financing contract, could not compel arbitration where plaintiff's claims were based on Song-Beverly Act warranties and no inequitable results would occur from denying arbitration. 		Arbitration, Consumer Law 1DCA/5 Mar. 27, 2025
Suchard v. Sonoma Academy
Dismissal was appropriate for class action unfair competition claim against school that purportedly retained teachers with abuse history where named plaintiffs failed to articulate an economic harm. 		Education, Consumer Law 1DCA/3 Mar. 25, 2025
Chabolla v. ClassPass, Inc.
User was not bound by terms of use presented on website because she did not unambiguously manifest her assent to the terms on any screen where they were conspicuously presented. 		Arbitration, Consumer Law 9th Feb. 28, 2025
Six v. IQ Data International, Inc.
Single letter from debt collector to alleged debtor who was represented by counsel was sufficient for standing to sue under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. 		Consumer Law, Civil Procedure 9th Feb. 25, 2025
Chai v. Velocity Investments, LLC
Nothing in the Fair Debt Buying Practices Act conditions a consumer's right to sue for statutory damages on suffering an injury in fact or the availability of actual damages. 		Consumer Law 6DCA Feb. 18, 2025
Hardy v. Forest River, Inc.
Forum selection clause that waived unwaivable rights under Song-Beverly Act was unconscionable and unenforceable, and the clause could neither be rewritten nor properly severed to save the agreement. 		Consumer Law, Civil Procedure 2DCA/2 Feb. 4, 2025
Martinez v. Sai Long Beach B, Inc.
Although used-car sales contract contained an attorney fees provision, Song-Beverly Act disallowed defendant from being awarded attorney fees as the prevailing party. 		Consumer Law, Contracts 2DCA/5 Jan. 30, 2025
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Cashcall, Inc.
Consumer lender failed to argue constitutional right to jury trial violation when it proceeded with a bench trial in the first phase of trial. 		Consumer Law 9th Jan. 6, 2025
Carver v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, vehicle manufacturers may condition lemon buybacks on the purchaser's consent to keep the financial terms of the agreement confidential. 		Consumer Law 2DCA/3 Dec. 30, 2024
LVNV Funding v. Rodriguez
Because the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act allows consumers wrongly sued over a debt to pursue a claim, debt collector's anti-SLAPP motion against mistakenly-identified consumer was improperly granted. 		Consumer Law, Anti-SLAPP 5DCA Nov. 14, 2024
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