Walmart facing lawsuit over 'deceptive pricing practices' and overcharging customers - here's what you need to know

Walmart must go to court to answer claims that says it used deception to overcharge customers - which could result in a multi-million payout. Walmart tried to get the claim thrown out but a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that it must answer accusations that it overcharged customers with 'deceptive and unfair pricing practices.' Another overcharging class action lawsuit against Walmart was settled this year - with the retailer forced to pay out $45 million to customers. Walmart must face a lawsuit claiming it often charges higher prices at the register than it posts on store shelves, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday Lawyers Kahn and other consumers said they found price discrepancies in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. Reversing a lower court judge, the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said consumers could try to prove in their proposed class action that the conduct of Walmart was a fraudulent 'bait-and-switch' that violated several states' consumer protection laws.