Consumer Class Action Lawsuit v. BlueHippo Funding, LLC
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Consumer Class Action Lawsuit v. BlueHippo Funding, LLC case
KMB attorneys David Marshall and Debra Katz, together with The Sturdevant Law Firm of San Francisco and Professor Gary Peller of Georgetown Law School, filed a class-action lawsuit in California against BlueHippo Funding, LLC, a Baltimore-based computer sales company. The lawsuit, which seeks millions of dollars in restitution for BlueHippo customers, charges that BlueHippo uses deceptive television ads and telephone sales pitches to trick low-income consumers into paying exorbitant prices for computers they never receive. -
Retailer loses federal appeal
BlueHippo Funding LLC, a Woodlawn-based company that has sparked consumer complaints nationwide for allegedly overcharging or failing to deliver electronic goods to customers, may face additional lawsuits after a federal appeals court ruling this week. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., dismissed an appeal filed by BlueHippo after a federal judge in Baltimore ruled in March that only customers who had had signed agreements to resolve complaints through arbitration were bound by that process. BlueHippo had wanted all disgruntled customers to be required to go through arbitration. -
Federal Court Strikes BlueHippo's Arbitration Clause
Federal Courts have dealt a blow to BlueHippo Funding by dismissing the company's attempt to force all of its customers to take their complaints to arbitration, opening the door to class-action lawsuits. -
Md. firm's practices get FTC scrutiny
BlueHippo Funding LLC, a Woodlawn company that sells computers and plasma TVs nationwide to people with poor credit, is under investigation by the Federal trade Commission after being hit with hundreds of consumer complaints in its three years in business. In addition to the federal probe, the Illinois attorney general's office sued the Baltimore County company late last year, Florida has begun an investigation "and, 'last week, two Californians sued BlueHippo and are seeking class action status to represent thousands of consumers.
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New York Judge Rules Against Dell in Suit Over Marketing
A New York judge concluded that the computer retailer Dell engaged in repeated false and deceptive advertising of its promotional credit financing and warranties.