March 05, 2021
A California federal judge on Friday explained his reasoning for rejecting Intuit's proposed $40 million settlement that seeks to resolve proposed class claims alleging it duped customers into using its TurboTax's paid software, saying the deal doesn't adequately compensate class members and it makes it too difficult to opt out.
December 18, 2020
A California federal judge has denied a $40 million settlement proposed by Intuit in an ongoing suit over whether customers were duped into paying to use the company's TurboTax software when they qualified for a free version.
November 13, 2020
A proposed class of roughly 19 million Intuit users has asked a California federal judge to preliminarily approve a $40 million settlement that would resolve claims they were duped into paying for its free TurboTax software, prompting arbitration claimants to argue that the deal violates their due process rights.
March 13, 2020
Consumers who claim they were damaged by Intuit's falsely advertising a TurboTax service as free cannot be bound by the terms of an arbitration provision in the software license agreement because it was inconspicuous, a California federal court has ruled.
January 13, 2020
Users of TurboTax tax preparation software have asked a California federal judge to prevent Intuit, the software's producer, from advertising a commercial product as "free" and to rule they were damaged by the company's alleged false advertising.