The Toppe Firm investigating a potential class action lawsuit against LinkedIn related to their email marketing practices. LinkedIn frequently sends emails with false or misleading information in the subject lines, in violation of state consumer protection laws. For instance, it sends emails indicating that “Business Consulting request from [name] and other clients are available. Show Requests.” But, if you click through the email and pays to “Show [the] Requests,” you will find that nobody actually submitted a business consulting request, and the email was allegedly a ploy to get people to sign up for LinkedIn Premium. There are specific consumer protection laws in various states that prohibit a business from making these types of allegedly false and misleading statements in email subject lines, as these types of statements have the capacity to deceive consumers. The lawsuit will seek $500 in statutory damages per false or misleading email sent by LinkedIn.

LinkedIn customers who would like to get involved in this potential class action should contact Jeffrey C. Toppe at jct@toppefirm.com or submit the form on this page.