Groupon To Face New Suit To Apply Gift-Card Laws

Groupon Inc. is dealing with an additional class-action lawsuit associated to regardless of whether its offers need to be subject to state laws regulating gift cards, this time around on behalf of the Riverside resident who bought a Nordstrom Rack voucher in 2010.

The complaint had been filed in Kane County Circuit Court by St. Charles law firms Foote, Meyers, Mielke & Flowers LLC and Chavez Law Firm. Based on the filing, Adam Dremak of Riverside spent $25 on a Groupon in November 2010 of which gave him $50 off at Nordstrom Rack. The actual promotion expired Dec. 31, 2010, and that he failed to redeem the voucher before then.