/consumerprotection?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Consumer Protection Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:54:21 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2357556?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2357556 Federal legislation that could codify stablecoins as payment-related assets – not securities – has the potential to impact the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's $40 billion criminal case against Terraform founder Do Kwon, a federal judge said Wednesday. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:41:49 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2357510?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2357510 A Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission recently visited rural Kentucky as part of an effort calling attention to civil rights and free speech issues that she says the agency has raised through recent actions. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:30:30 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2354445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2354445 Latham & Watkins LLP on Wednesday announced the addition of a new D.C.-based antitrust partner with the hiring of Andrew Forman, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division who is rejoining private practice after three years of helping lead civil competition enforcement. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:11:00 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356927?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356927 Lakeland Bank and the U.S. Department of Justice urged a New Jersey federal judge to reject a brief from three fair housing groups opposing the early termination of the bank's $13 million redlining settlement, arguing the groups' call for housing discrimination accountability is irrelevant to the settlement's termination. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:41:16 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356384?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356384 A former Gree USA executive has appealed his conviction and 38-month prison sentence in the first-ever criminal prosecution of individuals under the Consumer Product Safety Act, according to a Tuesday filing in California federal court. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:16:05 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2357066?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2357066 A jury should decide if a former jail inmate was forced to accept a prepaid debit card and pay related fees when his money was returned to him upon release, a Washington federal magistrate judge said on Tuesday, advancing a class action against Central Bank of Kansas City. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:07:37 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2357058?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2357058 Senate Republicans on Tuesday morning released a set of principles to guide the development of digital asset market structure legislation, their latest push toward regulating the cryptocurrency space following their passage of stablecoin legislation last week. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:56:43 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356738?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356738 Companies that run undersea telecommunications cables said they're worried the Federal Communications Commission might burden them with even more regulation than they already have to deal with, urging the agency to have a light touch when regulating the industry. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:45:05 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356971?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356971 An Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday overturned a lower district judge's decision blocking enforcement of a new Arkansas policy restricting hemp-derived intoxicating products, delivering a blow to the hemp industry's campaign to challenge state-led efforts to rein in its wares. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:37:59 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356309?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356309 Poor training and persistent quality control lapses on Boeing's manufacturing and assembly lines, along with the Federal Aviation Administration's ineffective oversight of the plane-maker, led to the January 2024 door-plug blowout aboard a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:27:13 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356898?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356898 A supplier of ghost gun parts that promised customers "extreme discretion" should pay nearly $7.7 million in penalties to Connecticut for continuous violations of the state's unfair trade practices law, the attorney general's office told a state court Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:25:39 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2357099?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2357099 A top House Republican called Tuesday for reform of the 1992 Cable Act and for loosening the Federal Communications Commission's limits on broadcast media ownership, which he says would help modernize telecommunications law. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:56:12 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2357086?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2357086 A Washington federal judge suggested Tuesday that a proposed class action in which consumers are accusing Sirius XM of charging a misleading "royalty fee" has potentially been undercut by the satellite radio provider's decision in 2024 to change disclosures on its website to reflect music plan pricing in lump sums. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:53:48 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356690?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356690 A group of Apple customers from New Jersey and Illinois who were denied class certification last year in a suit alleging the company falsely markets the storage capacity of 16-gigabyte iPhones and iPads preinstalled with the iOS 8 operating system filed a new proposed class action Monday in California federal court.   Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:52:18 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356845?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356845 California enforcers on Monday asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn a district court's decision that a state law restricting "reverse payment" settlements between brand-name and generic-drug makers cannot be used to regulate deals that were struck outside the Golden State. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:33:09 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356966?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356966 A New York federal court has refused to throw out the U.S. Department of Justice's case accusing Visa of illegally maintaining a monopoly over debit card networks, rejecting arguments about the market at issue, discounts offered and the scope of deals with would-be competitors. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:09:44 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2357079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2357079 A California federal magistrate judge on Tuesday became the latest federal judge to recuse from a case involving Elon Musk, this time stepping down from handling his lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:32:52 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2350123?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2350123 Florida's repeal of a controversial statutory provision that permitted developers of mixed-use condominium properties to retroactively assert control over common facilities marks a critical shift in legal protections for unit owners and associations, promoting fairness, transparency and accountability, say attorneys at Pardo Jackson. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:24:03 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2356857?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2356857 Apple urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to nix a district court's "unduly punitive" mandate blocking it from charging any commission on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems, arguing an Epic Games injunction redux goes far beyond the original order and attacks conduct that's not illegal under California law.