{"id":110513,"date":"2025-04-17T21:20:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/hp-agrees-to-4m-settlement-over-claims-of-falsely-advertising-pcs-keyboards\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T21:20:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:20:31","slug":"hp-agrees-to-4m-settlement-over-claims-of-falsely-advertising-pcs-keyboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/hp-agrees-to-4m-settlement-over-claims-of-falsely-advertising-pcs-keyboards\/","title":{"rendered":"HP agrees to $4M settlement over claims of \u201cfalsely advertising\u201d PCs, keyboards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>HP Inc. has agreed to pay a $4 million settlement to customers after being accused of \u201cfalse advertising\u201d of computers and peripherals on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Judge P. Casey Pitts for the US District Court of the San Jose Division of the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/show_temp.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] of a settlement agreement regarding a class-action complaint first filed against HP on October 13, 2021. The complaint accused HP&#8217;s website of showing &#8220;misleading&#8221; original pricing for various computers, mice, and keyboards that was higher than how the products were recently and typically priced.<\/p>\n<p>Per the settlement agreement [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/settlement-agreement.pdf\">PDF<\/a>], HP will contribute $4 million to a &#8220;non-reversionary common fund, which shall be used to pay the (i) Settlement Class members\u2019 claims; (ii) court-approved Notice and Settlement Administration Costs; (iii) court-approved Settlement Class Representatives\u2019 Service Award; and (iv) court-approved Settlement Class Counsel Attorneys\u2019 Fees and Costs Award. All residual funds will be distributed pro rata to Settlement Class members who submitted valid claims and cashed checks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/04\/hp-agrees-to-4m-settlement-over-claims-of-falsely-advertising-pcs-keyboards\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/04\/hp-agrees-to-4m-settlement-over-claims-of-falsely-advertising-pcs-keyboards\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HP Inc. has agreed to pay a $4 million settlement to customers after being accused of \u201cfalse advertising\u201d of computers and peripherals on its website. Earlier this month, Judge P. 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