Law Firm Looks Into Class-Action Lawsuit Over Social Game Scams
Advertising scams have led to lawsuits plenty of times before, and now social gaming may get its turn in court. The firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff LLP is “investigating” a possible class-action lawsuit against Facebook, MySpace, and a range of social gaming, offer companies, and advertisers, according to a post on its web site. The firm has a track record in this area.
Here’s one victory, as quoted (its emphasis) from the firm’s web site:
KCR served as lead counsel successfully resolving a class action case on behalf of approximately 11 million AOL subscribers who were double-charged subscription fees through a misleading pop-up advertising scheme
Sounds somewhat familiar. The firm is apparently pretty interested in pushing things forward, as its web page suggests that readers “[r]ead more about this practice” on the Gawker article that broke the news about the lawsuit today.
Here’s the current list of companies that KCR is investigating:
- Zynga
- RockYou
- Offerpal Media
- Super Rewards
- Tatto Media
- Double Ding
- Gambit
- SendMe Mobile
- Video Professor
- MySpace
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I would of never looked at it like that. Reminds me of the GM suit years ago.