I've been following the court cases against Honey, and the claims about their founders, for several years now. There were inside trading allegations against their cohorts last month, and I believe there will me much more to come.
Defendant's Honey extension disrupts the affiliate link tracking process. When a consumer clicks on a Plaintiff’s affiliate link and then activates the Honey extension during checkout, Honey replaces the Plaintiff’s affiliate link with its own. As a result, Defendant, rather than Plaintiffs, receives credit for the sale, depriving Plaintiffs of the commission they are owed and negatively impacting their relationships with business partners. Plaintiffs’ performance metrics, which are tied to customer acquisition, are skewed, making them appear to underperform and potentially leading to the loss of future contracts or less favorable terms.
Plaintiffs bring this action as a class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) on behalf of all content creators who, between December 29, 2022, and the time of class certification, contracted with businesses to promote products or services using affiliate links that led consumers to checkout pages incorporating the Honey extension. The number of class members is in the thousands, making individual lawsuits impracticable. Defendant’s actions have caused substantial harm to Plaintiffs and other content creators by interfering with their business relationships and unjustly enriching Defendant.
This case seeks monetary damages for intentional interference with contractual and prospective economic relations, and unjust enrichment. Plaintiffs claim that Defendant’s interference with affiliate link tracking has led to significant financial losses, damages to business relationships, and skewed performance metrics that harm content creators’ standing with their business partners.
I've been following the court cases against Honey, and the claims about their founders, for several years now. There were inside trading allegations against their cohorts last month, and I believe there will me much more to come.
Defendant's Honey extension disrupts the affiliate link tracking process. When a consumer clicks on a Plaintiff’s affiliate link and then activates the Honey extension during checkout, Honey replaces the Plaintiff’s affiliate link with its own. As a result, Defendant, rather than Plaintiffs, receives credit for the sale, depriving Plaintiffs of the commission they are owed and negatively impacting their relationships with business partners. Plaintiffs’ performance metrics, which are tied to customer acquisition, are skewed, making them appear to underperform and potentially leading to the loss of future contracts or less favorable terms.
Plaintiffs bring this action as a class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) on behalf of all content creators who, between December 29, 2022, and the time of class certification, contracted with businesses to promote products or services using affiliate links that led consumers to checkout pages incorporating the Honey extension. The number of class members is in the thousands, making individual lawsuits impracticable. Defendant’s actions have caused substantial harm to Plaintiffs and other content creators by interfering with their business relationships and unjustly enriching Defendant.
This case seeks monetary damages for intentional interference with contractual and prospective economic relations, and unjust enrichment. Plaintiffs claim that Defendant’s interference with affiliate link tracking has led to significant financial losses, damages to business relationships, and skewed performance metrics that harm content creators’ standing with their business partners.