Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy Announces Class Action Against GoPro Over Unreturned Tariff Refunds
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below: Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy Announces Class Action Against GoPro Over Unreturned Tariff Refunds Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP (“CPM”) filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, against GoPro, Inc. (“GoPro”), on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of consumers who bought GoPro products at prices the company raised to cover the costs of tariffs. The federal government is now refunding those tariffs with interest. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: The price of the GoPro HERO13 Black increased from approximately $399 to $429. The complaint alleges that on February 3, 2025, one day before the first tariffs took effect, GoPro publicly assured consumers that it did not expect U.S. consumer pricing to be materially affected by the tariffs. About two months later, GoPro raised the U.S. prices of its flagship cameras and items. GoPro has not returned any of it, even after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 that the underlying tariffs were unlawful. Starting in early 2025, President T
S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, against GoPro, Inc. (“GoPro”), on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of consumers who bought GoPro products at prices the company raised to cover the costs of tariffs. The federal government is now refunding those tariffs with interest.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: The price of the GoPro HERO13 Black increased from approximately $399 to $429. S. consumer pricing to be materially affected by the tariffs.
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Trump, 146 S. Ct. 628 (2026). Because the tariffs were ruled unlawful, the government is now refunding the money, with interest, to the companies that paid them.
The refunds go only to companies that paid the tariffs directly. Customers who actually covered tariff costs through higher prices at the store get nothing back from the government. Joe Cotchett said, “GoPro told the public its prices wouldn’t go up because of tariffs. Then it raised them anyway, sold the refund to its lender the day before the Supreme Court ruled, and lined up a sale that pays off everyone except its customers.
That’s not passing through costs. ” Sarvenaz “Nazy” J. Fahimi said, “As alleged, GoPro assured consumers their prices would hold, then quietly charged them more and kept the refund for itself. ” Pierce H.
Stanley said, “Families bought cameras to record vacations, sports, and milestones, and they paid an invisible tax that the Supreme Court has now ruled should never have been collected. The refund money exists because those customers paid for it. ” About Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy engages exclusively in litigation and trials and has earned a national reputation for its dedication to prosecuting or defending socially just actions. com)