Alameda County District Attorney's Office: Amazon Settlement

Press release from the Alameda County District Attorney's Office:

Mar 29, 2021

Amazon Agrees to Provide Clearer Pricing Information to Customers

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley announced today that the DA’s Consumer Protection Unit, working with the San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Yolo and Riverside District Attorney’s offices, obtained a multi-million dollar civil judgment in a consumer protection lawsuit against e-commerce giant, Amazon.com. The District Attorney’s complaint alleges that some Amazon reference price advertisements were either misleading, or potentially misleading, to consumers making purchasing decisions.

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