Logitech now faces a proposed class action in California over its handling of a $61 million U.S. government tariff refund. Plaintiffs SJK Development and Ala Awadalla allege the company raised prices on roughly half its U.S. product lineup in April 2025 to offset then-active tariffs, collected those higher prices from customers, and is retaining both the elevated pricing and the full refund after the Supreme Court invalidated the tariffs in February 2026.
The complaint, filed August 18 in the Northern District of California, claims Logitech extracted between $73 million and $97 million from consumers through the price increases alone in fiscal 2026. It further notes that the company's CFO referenced U.S. pricing actions as helping offset tariff costs and expand margins during earnings calls, with the full $61 million refund recorded as a reduction in cost of goods sold in Q1 fiscal 2027. Similar suits have targeted Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, though PC cooling firm Arctic chose instead to roll back prices until its own refund is fully returned to customers.
No resolution is expected soon. The filing seeks a declaratory judgment forcing Logitech to distribute the proceeds, but the company has not commented publicly on the matter.