Consumer
Deceptive Trade Practices / State UDAP
Misrepresenting or omitting a material fact in the sale or marketing of goods or services in a way likely to deceive a reasonable consumer.
Pleaded in 18 of the 98 matters on this docket
Governing law
State consumer protection statutes, e.g. Cal. Civ. Code 1750 (CLRA), Fla. Stat. 501.201 (FDUTPA), N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law 349, 815 ILCS 505 (ICFA)
Damages
Varies by state — actual damages, statutory minimums, restitution, injunctive relief, and in several states treble damages and fees. The CLRA requires a 30-day pre-suit notice letter before damages may be sought.
Limitations period
Typically three to five years; state-specific.
Reference material about publicly available law, current as of the date this file was compiled. It is not legal advice and it does not describe anyone’s particular situation. Statutes and limitations periods vary by jurisdiction and change.
Matters pleading this claim
Amer v. ElevenLabs
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) · 1:26-cv-05437
ElevenLabs text-to-speech and voice-cloning foundation models allegedly trained on scraped broadcast, podcast and audiobook recordings
Filed 2026-05-11 · Class Action
ActiveShamblin v. OpenAI
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (coordinated in JCCP No. 5431) · 25STCV32382
ChatGPT (GPT-4o, OpenAI)
Filed 2025-11-06 · Individual Action
ActiveMontoya v. Character Technologies
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (Denver Division) · 1:25-cv-02907
Character.AI
Filed 2025-09-16 · Individual Action
SettledA.F. v. Character Technologies
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division) · 2:24-cv-01014
Character.AI
Filed 2024-12-10 · Individual Action
SettledFTC v. Evolv (Deceptive AI Security Claims)
Federal Trade Commission (administrative), with related filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Evolv Express AI-powered weapons-detection screening systems
Filed 2024-11-26 · Individual Action
SettledGarcia v. Character Technologies
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Orlando Division) · 6:24-cv-01903
Character.AI
Filed 2024-10-23 · Individual Action
SettledFTC Operation AI Comply
Federal Trade Commission (administrative) and U.S. District Courts for the Central District of California, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and District of New Jersey · FTC Matter Nos. 2423023 (Ascend Ecom), 2423027 (Ecommerce Empire Builders), 232-3052 (Rytr), X240032 (FBA Machine)
AI legal-document generation (DoNotPay), AI writing/review generation (Rytr), and 'AI-powered' e-commerce storefront business-opportunity schemes
Filed 2024-09-25 · Regulatory Enforcement
ActiveEvolv AI Weapons-Detection Securities Litigation
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1:24-cv-10761-ADB
Evolv Express AI-powered weapons-detection screening systems
Filed 2024-03-25 · Class Action
SettledSEC v. Delphia (AI-Washing)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (administrative proceeding) · Admin. Proc. File No. 3-21894 (Advisers Act Release No. 6573)
Delphia robo-advisory service marketed as using client data to 'make our artificial intelligence smarter'
Filed 2024-03-18 · Individual Action
Judgment EnteredSEC v. Global Predictions (AI-Washing)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (administrative proceeding) · Admin. Proc. File No. 3-21895 (Advisers Act Release No. 6574)
Global Predictions PortfolioPilot AI-driven investment forecasting platform
Filed 2024-03-18 · Individual Action
Judgment EnteredMillerKing v. DoNotPay ('Robot Lawyer')
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois · 3:23-cv-00863-NJR
DoNotPay 'world's first robot lawyer' AI legal-services app
Filed 2023-03-03 · Class Action
DismissedSocial Media Adolescent Addiction MDL 3047
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers) · 4:22-md-03047-YGR (MDL No. 3047)
Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube
Filed 2022-10-06 · MDL
MDL ConsolidatedIn re Tesla ADAS Litigation
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 3:22-cv-05240
Tesla Full Self-Driving (Supervised) / Autopilot
Filed 2022-09-14 · Class Action
Class CertifiedUnconfirmedTexas AG v. Meta
District Court of Harrison County, Texas
Facebook 'Tag Suggestions' facial recognition applied to photos and videos uploaded by Texas users, including biometric capture of non-users appearing in uploaded photos
Filed 2022-02-14 · Regulatory Enforcement
SettledDoe v. GoodRx
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 3:23-cv-00501-AMO
Meta Pixel, Google Analytics/Ads tags and Criteo tags on GoodRx web and mobile properties
Filing date not established · Class Action
ActiveGarner v. Amazon (Alexa)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington · 2:21-cv-00750-RSL
Amazon Alexa voice assistant and Echo family devices
Filing date not established · Class Action
Class CertifiedTexas AG v. Google
Court not established
Google Photos face grouping, Google Assistant and Nest Hub Max voiceprints and facial geometry records; also Location History and Incognito mode data practices
Filing date not established · Regulatory Enforcement
SettledUnconfirmedLehrman v. Lovo
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1:24-cv-03770
Lovo 'Genny' AI text-to-speech platform; cloned voices marketed under the names 'Kyle Snow' and 'Sally Coleman'
Filing date not established · Class Action
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