Warning for Businesses: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Violations of the State’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act Do Not Require Intent
By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21
In a potential blockbuster, landscape-changing decision with widespread ramifications for companies providing goods and services to Pennsylvania consumers, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just held that Pennsylvania’s powerful consumer protection law, the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act (“UTPCPL”), can impose liability on businesses even for unintentional violations of the statute. Fraudulent or negligent conduct is not required for a court to find a business’s conduct...
By: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP