Ledger SAS Fails to Get Consumer Deception Suit Booted to France

Ledger SAS must defend itself in the US against consumer claims that it misrepresented the security of its cryptocurrency password “wallet” devices, a federal court ruled.

The sales contract for the Nano S and Nano X hardware devices doesn’t control where the consumers can sue because its mention of French law is non-exclusive and the claims don’t turn on the application or interpretation the contract, Judge LaShonda A. Hunt said April 4 for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The case consolidates suits originally filed in Illinois, California, and New York.

• The consumers allege Paris-based Ledger ...