Sued for Millions Over a Cookie Banner

18 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube conversation, Matthew Kelly and another speaker discuss emerging legal threats facing website owners. The speaker mentions friends being sued for millions because their sites lack a cookie consent banner, and raises the California "strike‑through pricing" law, which can trigger massive class‑action claims if a discounted price is displayed for more than a month without being removed. Both express that such lawsuits become more relevant as businesses grow and convey strong frustration with the legal process, describing lawyers as "bloodsuckers" who pursue large settlements over minor mistakes.

I have friends of mine that are getting sued for millions of dollars as well for not having a cookie banner on their website, for example. Or have you heard about the strike-through pricing law in California?
No.
Like if you have a strike-through price for, let's say—
Oh, sorry.
Longer than a month and you never like really went back to that strike-through price, class action suit for a million dollars as well.
As you get bigger, that stuff becomes more relevant, right?
Yeah, and that is not nice because I hate dealing with that. Like I hate like those, I would call them like, Bloodsuckers that like want to have a million dollars for like a small mistake that you made. I don't know, I just don't like working with anything lawyers related. Like, it's such a not nice, cruel process.