Over the past few months, a wave of new lawsuits has been filed in California state court against online retailers alleging violations of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1747.08 (“Song-Beverly”)....more
In the latest iteration of privacy claims, California plaintiffs have begun filing lawsuits against online retailers using online tracking technologies to collect IP addresses under a new theory—plaintiffs allege such...more
State laws that prohibit retailers from charging customers a surcharge for using a credit card are being challenged on First Amendment grounds. For more than four decades, California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has held that the prohibition against requesting or requiring personal identification information in connection with credit card transactions contained in...more
A California court ruled last week that retailers could lawfully collect ZIP code information to reduce credit card fraud, efforts that result in lower prices for consumers. Following the California Supreme Court’s decision...more