Posts tagged Consumer Complaints.

* Rachel Gold is a law clerk in the Corporate/Securities Law practice group.

Panera Bread Company (“Panera”) is facing a class action lawsuit that alleges its Unlimited Sip Club (“Club”) is in fact not so unlimited. According to Panera’s own promotional materials, the Club is a refill program where members pay $10.99 per month for access to lemonade, soda, coffee, and tea drinks of “any size” at “any time.”

A high-profile trial involving a potential Presidential nominee, especially during elections, will make it difficult to facilitate a fair trial and allow forward progress in the case.

The Federal Trade Commission issued its annual list of consumer complaints received by its Consumer Sentinel Network.  

As part of its recent bankruptcy proceeding, RadioShack sought to auction off its vast collection of personal information about its customers. However 38 states and the FTC objected to the sale on the grounds that it violated RadioShack's existing privacy policy. The limitations on the transfer of data RadioShack agreed to in an eventual deal with the states shows that companies need to be forward thinking regarding future transfers of data when crafting their data privacy policies.

In Luskin v. Seminole Comedy, Inc., decided on June 19, 2013 in the Southern District of Florida, Judge Robert Scola denied a motion to dismiss a case concerning text messages, even though the plaintiff had provided his telephone number to the text sender.

The National Advertising Division ("NAD") recently recommended that Toys "R" Us modify or discontinue a price-matching claim advertised.

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