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Consumer Protection

  • October 24, 2025

    Experian Faces 4th Circ. Fight Over Credit Probe Dispute

    The named plaintiff in a proposed class action accusing Experian of not properly reinvestigating credit reports with alleged inaccuracies is appealing a North Carolina federal judge's opinion that dismissed the last vestiges of his complaint, court records show.

  • October 24, 2025

    Campbell's Sued Over 'No Artificial Flavors' Cape Cod Chips

    Campbell's falsely advertises its Cape Cod Kettle Cooked Potato Chips as containing "no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives" despite citric acid being an ingredient, which deceives consumers who prefer foods they think are healthier to consume, according to a proposed class action filed Thursday in New York federal court.

  • October 24, 2025

    FCC Poised To Pull 5 China-Linked Cos. From Lab Testing

    The Federal Communications Commission Friday started the formal process of removing five telecoms linked to the Chinese government from the FCC's equipment testing process.

  • October 24, 2025

    Generic-Drug Makers Want Conn. Price Cap Blocked During Suit

    A trade group for generic and biosimilar drugmakers is asking a Connecticut federal judge to block the state's new drug price cap during the pendency of its challenge, saying it illegally controls prices on sales made outside the state.

  • October 24, 2025

    CMA Concerned Over Aramark Deal For Scottish Catering Co.

    Britain's antitrust enforcer has clarified its concerns with Aramark Group's completed acquisition of Scottish catering company Entier Ltd. over the supply of catering and related services for the offshore energy sector.

  • October 24, 2025

    FPI's $3M Deal Gets Initial OK In Yardi Price-Fixing Suit

    A Washington federal judge has granted preliminary approval to property management firm FPI Management Inc.'s $2.8 million deal settling out of a proposed price-fixing class action accusing it and others of using Yardi Systems Inc.'s third-party software to inflate residential rents.

  • October 23, 2025

    Top Calif. Judge Warns Attys On AI, Eyes Antitrust Changes

    Speaking at an antitrust law conference Thursday, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero warned Golden State lawyers to use artificial intelligence "cautiously and not cut any corners," and talked about "important work" by the California Law Revision Commission that could result in the state's antitrust law being "untethered" from federal law.

  • October 23, 2025

    Texas Dials Up Exposure With App Store, Telemarketing Laws

    A new Texas age verification law and sweeping revisions to the state's telemarketing statute are poised to saddle the broad universe of companies that support mobile apps and disseminate marketing texts with new obligations that will open them up to more lawsuits and other legal risks, unless opponents find success with fledgling constitutional challenges.

  • October 23, 2025

    DC Judge Won't Let Meta Claw Back Discovery Docs

    A D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday said that attorneys for Meta told researchers to modify their research into its platform's effects on teens' mental health to curtail liability, finding that the crime-fraud exception to communications between attorney and client applies.

  • October 23, 2025

    OpenAI Reduced Suicide Safety Before Teen Died, Parents Say

    OpenAI decided to remove some longstanding suicide prevention protocols and cut short its safety testing in the months before a California teenager died by suicide, according to an updated version of the wrongful death suit filed by the teen's parents in San Francisco County Superior Court.

  • October 23, 2025

    Wash. Justices Skeptical Of Debtor's Collection Notice Stance

    Washington Supreme Court justices appeared wary Thursday of second-guessing a Seattle federal judge who asked them to decide whether a hospital billing disclosure law applies to debt collectors, as the plaintiff in the underlying proposed class action pressed the court to "reformulate" the certified question.  

  • October 23, 2025

    Retailer To Pay $4.8M To End AGs' Membership Fee Claims

    An online retailer has reached a $4.8 million deal ending a multistate consumer protection probe asserting the company deceptively enrolled customers in paid membership programs, charged them high monthly fees, then tried to keep them from canceling their memberships.

  • October 23, 2025

    NY AG Sues Vape Shop Owners For Selling To Kids

    New York's attorney general is looking to permanently shut down two smoke shops and ban their owners from ever working in the vape industry again, claiming they flagrantly sold illegal flavored vapes to customers including children, according to a petition filed Oct. 23.

  • October 23, 2025

    Ex-Amazon Coder Says She's Turned Life Around Since Hack

    A former Amazon.com Inc. coder who exposed the personal data of nearly 100 million people should be sent to prison, the U.S. government said in a new Seattle federal court filing that seeks a seven-year sentence for her.

  • October 23, 2025

    Boeing Asks Justices To Ax Texas Court Ruling In Union Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court should review the Texas Supreme Court's decision to let a Southwest pilots union sue Boeing after a pair of plane crashes in the late 2010s, Boeing argued, claiming Texas' high court erred by not deeming the lawsuit preempted by the Railway Labor Act.

  • October 23, 2025

    Debt Co. Owner Says sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Erred With $5.8M Restitution Bid

    A U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau bid for $5.8 million in restitution against a manager of a now-shuttered debt relief company should be denied because it does not take into account refunds that customers have already received, a California federal judge has been told.

  • October 23, 2025

    Split DC Circ. Won't Lift Block On FTC's Media Matters Probe

    A divided D.C. Circuit panel refused Thursday to let the Federal Trade Commission subpoena Media Matters for America while the agency appeals an order blocking that probe, crediting district courts' findings of "seemingly unusual and unprecedented" facts suggesting the investigation is retaliation for reporting about Nazi content on X.

  • October 23, 2025

    Google Rips $425M Privacy Verdict As Users Seek $2.4B More

    A class of some 98 million cellphone users who won a $425 million jury verdict finding that Google unlawfully collected their information asked a California federal judge to make the tech giant disgorge another $2.36 billion, while Google asked the court to dismantle the class and vacate the verdict.

  • October 23, 2025

    Truist Bank $4M Robocall Deal, $1.3M Fee Get Final OK

    A $4.1 million settlement between Truist Bank and a group of nearly 6,000 cellphone users who alleged the bank violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending them unwanted robocalls was granted final approval in North Carolina federal court Thursday.

  • October 23, 2025

    State Farm, Auto Shop End Customer Interference Row

    State Farm and a Tesla-approved auto repair shop asked a Maryland federal court Thursday to formally dismiss the repair shop's lawsuit accusing the insurer of defamation and interfering with its business by dissuading its insureds from using its services.

  • October 23, 2025

    NextGen Customers Seek Initial OK Of $19M Data Hack Deal

    A Georgia federal judge was asked Wednesday to grant preliminary approval of a settlement that would end a proposed class action against NextGen Healthcare over a 2023 data hack that allegedly affected more than 1 million people.

  • October 23, 2025

    Lending App EarnIn Users Must Arbitrate NC Class Claims

    Users of payday loan app EarnIn must arbitrate claims that the company's cash advance product violates North Carolina's consumer protection laws, a federal judge ruled, finding that the users clearly agreed to arbitration when they signed up for the app.

  • October 23, 2025

    Ga. Civil Engineering Co. Hit With Data Breach Class Action

    A Georgia civil engineering firm was hit with a proposed class action over a 2024 data breach, as a former employee sharply criticized the company for taking weeks to resolve the hack and over nine months to report it.

  • October 23, 2025

    Paychex Beats Privacy Suit Over 2024 Data Breach, For Now

    Paychex defeated, for now, a suit filed by a woman who alleged it allowed hackers to access her bank accounts by failing to keep her personal information safe from a data breach, after a Pennsylvania federal judge said Wednesday her complaint "stops short of saying how" Paychex's conduct led to her injury.

  • October 23, 2025

    FCC's Carr Sees Ongoing Consumer Harm From Shutdown

    The head of the Federal Communications Commission warned Thursday that new device and license applications are "just sitting there," creating an FCC backlog, and that other day-to-day but important work remains on hold during the government shutdown.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement Will Help US Compete

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    The U.S. Department of Justice settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise clears the purchase of Juniper Networks in a deal that positions the U.S. as a leader in secure, scalable networking and critical digital infrastructure by requiring the divestiture of a WiFi network business geared toward small firms, says John Shu at Taipei Medical University.

  • Series

    Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.

  • Wells Fargo Suit Shows Consumer Protection Limits In Mass.

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    The Massachusetts Appeals Court's May decision in Wells Fargo Bank v. Coulsey underscores that consumer rights are balanced against the need for closure, and even the broad protections of state consumer protection law will not open the door to relitigating the same claims, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

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    Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    Ohio's financial services sector saw several significant developments in the second quarter of 2025, including a case that confirmed credit unions' setoff rights, another that established contract rights between banks and cardholders, and the House passage of a digital asset bill, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • Breaking Down Novel Va. Social Media Law For Minors

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    While a Virginia bill passed in May is notable for setting a one-hour daily limit on minors' use of social media, other provisions create compliance burdens for social media operators and app store providers, and increase privacy and security risks associated with the collection of sensitive information to prove identity, says Jenna Rode at Hunton.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • FDA's Hasty Policymaking Approach Faces APA Challenges

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    Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has abandoned its usual notice-and-comment process for implementing new regulatory initiatives, two recent district court decisions make clear that these programs are still susceptible to Administrative Procedure Act challenges, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.

  • DOJ Crypto Enforcement Is Shifting To Target Willfulness

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    Three pending criminal prosecutions could be an indication of how the U.S. Department of Justice's recent digital assets memo is shaping enforcement of the area, and show a growing focus on executives who knowingly allow their platforms to be used for criminal conduct involving sanctions offenses, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • How NJ's Proposed Privacy Rules Could Reshape AI Data Use

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    Although not revolutionary, New Jersey's proposed privacy rules would create obligations around the management and processing of consumer personal data that will require careful planning before they can be successfully implemented, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

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    The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Business Takeaways Following CCPA Enforcement Actions

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    Advisories and recent enforcement activity by the California Privacy Protection Agency against Honda and Todd Snyder underscore the agency's enforcement interest in the intersection of data minimization and consumer rights, and could make it more challenging for a business to provide a streamlined consumer rights process, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Compliance Lessons From 1st-Ever Product Safety Sentences

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    A California federal judge’s recent sentencing of two former Gree USA executives in a landmark Consumer Product Safety Act case serves as a reminder of the federal government’s willingness to pursue criminal prosecution of individuals who fail to report safety hazards, as well as companies’ need to strengthen their reporting and compliance programs, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • 9th Circ. Decisions Help Clarify Scope Of Legal Lab Marketing

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    Two Ninth Circuit decisions last week provide a welcome development in clarifying the line between laboratories' legal marketing efforts and undue influence that violates the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, and offer useful guidance for labs seeking to mitigate enforcement risk, says Joshua Robbins at Buchalter.

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