/consumerprotection?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Consumer Protection Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:10:36 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2422540?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2422540 The Third Circuit has concluded that Avis did not waive its right to arbitrate a long-running class action over traffic fines incurred during a rental with certain members of the class by continuing to litigate the dispute years after incorporating an arbitration clause in its rental agreement. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:39:35 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2422908?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2422908 Amazon and New York fragrance maker Le Labo accused a Florida-based company known as Basgax of selling bogus Le Labo products, claiming the company and its operators illegally copied Le Labo's promotional images and product names such as "Iris 39" and "Patchouili 24." Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:36:26 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2422445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2422445 A Seventh Circuit opinion has convinced the Fifth Circuit to reverse its decision forcing Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. to face a lawsuit over burn injuries a man suffered when one of the company's batteries exploded in his pocket, suggesting the company didn't do a great job making its case the first time around. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:06:54 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423254?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423254 A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a proposed data breach class action against Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc. over the named plaintiffs purported inability to serve as leaders of the suit, ruling that they had two years to find substitutes. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:25:04 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423218?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423218 The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday asked the Federal Reserve to confirm whether it has returned to profitability, a potential opening for the Trump administration to draw new funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after insisting none is available. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:08:19 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423420?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423420 The parents of a 16-year-old boy from Scotland and a 13-year-old boy from Pennsylvania blame Meta and Instagram for their children dying by suicide after being "sextorted" through the photo sharing platform, alleging in a lawsuit Wednesday that the social media companies know the app connects predators to children. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:43:28 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2422604?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2422604 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations has again flagged advisers' disclosures regarding their use of testimonials, endorsements and third-party ratings in advertisements, saying staff have observed noncompliance with commission rules in those areas. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:43:05 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423097 A group of Democratic lawmakers has urged federal enforcers to closely scrutinize Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s planned $6.2 billion purchase of rival broadcast company Tegna Inc. and to block the deal if they find it violates the law. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:42:20 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423448?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423448 Additional D.C. Circuit judges will get to weigh in on the Trump administration's bid to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through mass layoffs, after the appeals court granted the agency's employees' union an en banc rehearing on a lower court's injunction stopping the firings. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:37:48 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2422892?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2422892 The Federal Communications Commission's Republican chair faced off Wednesday against Senate Democrats, who accused him of trying to muffle dissenting political views and gutting the telecommunications regulator's longstanding independence. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:46:29 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423101?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423101 Utah has led a group of 20 states in backing a push by banking groups for a full Tenth Circuit rehearing of their challenge to a Colorado law intended to curb high-cost lending in the state, saying a recent panel decision upholding the law harms states' interests. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:30:50 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423242?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423242 A group of 29 states and their attorneys general is doubling down on a request in California federal court to hold a single, unified trial in their suit claiming Meta Platforms Inc. is designed to addict and harm minors, saying they have now identified another case where such a singular trial was held involving multiple attorneys general's claims. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:25:46 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423224?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423224 The California DMV has said Tesla violated state law when it marketed its vehicles' "autopilot" and "full self-driving capability," calling the phrases misleading because the technology doesn't actually enable autonomous driving and ordering the company to change its marketing or face a suspension of its permit to sell vehicles in the state. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:23:12 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423214?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423214 A company that repairs tubular air heaters and its founder were not entitled to coverage for a criminal case and a civil suit alleging that they defrauded customers by deliberately damaging property in order to secure repair jobs, an Illinois federal court ruled. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:57:20 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423044?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423044 An Illinois federal judge sent to arbitration a proposed class action claiming those applying to work for a transit services provider were required to divulge family medical history during a preemployment physical in violation of Illinois' genetic privacy law, finding the lead plaintiff had agreed to arbitrate disputes as part of his application process. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:50:55 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423181?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423181 The U.S. Department of Commerce did not properly substantiate its 2023 findings that imports of Vietnamese steel products were flouting duties imposed on South Korea, India and China, the U.S. Court of International Trade said, remanding the agency's determinations. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:49:04 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423359?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423359 Amazon has been hit with a proposed class action in Washington state court by a Tennessee customer who claims the e-commerce giant collected excessive sales tax on his purchases and then refused to refund him, in violation of Volunteer State tax law that holds "marketplace facilitators" responsible for charging the correct rate. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:41:47 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2422728?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2422728 A class of formerly incarcerated people who've accused the Central Bank of Kansas City of charging excessive fees on prepaid debit cards told a Washington federal judge that the bank should face sanctions for failing to sort and hand over documents required for compliance with an August court order. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:30:52 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423167?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423167 The U.S. must better explain how it deemed certain products outside the scope of a 30-year-old antidumping duty order on Chinese pipe fittings for a second time, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled, finding the government's analysis insufficient. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:17:11 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2420734?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2420734 Whether testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances produces results meaningful for litigation depends on the validity of the sampling methodology — so effectively defending these claims requires understanding the scientific and legal implications of different PFAS testing protocols, say attorneys at Hollingsworth.