Angie's List hit with lawsuit alleging it has misleading ads

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The company known as Angie's List (now part of Angi) has faced lawsuits and actions from regulatory bodies like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general over alleged misleading ads and business practices. Allegations have included deceptively selling leads to home service providers, misrepresenting the quality of background checks on service pros, and misleading gig economy workers about their hourly wages.

In 2018, the San Francisco District Attorney sued Angie's List for allegedly making false and misleading claims about performing comprehensive background checks on service workers, when only the principal owner of a business might be checked, as reported by ABC News.

A 2017 class action lawsuit alleged that Angie's List ranked businesses based on advertising fees rather than customer reviews and falsely labeled businesses as failing background checks or having no reviews. Read more here.

Angi and its affiliates, HomeAdvisor and Handy, have faced multiple lawsuits and actions for misleading advertising, including a 2025 action by the New York Attorney General and FTC for misleading Handy workers about wages, and a 2023 FTC order against HomeAdvisor for deceptive lead sales to service providers. In 2023, the FTC finalized an order against HomeAdvisor (now Angi Leads) for misleading service providers about the quality and source of leads, and in 2017, a class action lawsuit alleged Angie's List promoted paid advertisers over legitimate, unpaying providers.

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