/consumerprotection?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Consumer Protection Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:31:51 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423882?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423882 As Republicans took the reins of the Federal Communications Commission this year, the commission wasted little time filling a wish list of industry demands, from axing older regulations to launching plans to relax limits on media consolidation, streamline Space Bureau paperwork and put the kibosh on unwanted cable billing rules. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:27:20 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2421277?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2421277 The past year delivered a pair of major jury verdicts against Meta and Google in two of the first data privacy cases to head to trial, while a controversial effort quickly materialized and gained steam at the federal level to block states from regulating emerging artificial intelligence technologies.  Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:11:04 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424370 A California federal judge has explained his decision to toss the bulk of a proposed class action alleging Meta Platforms Inc. deceptively sold video-calling devices it later "bricked" by dropping software support, although he refused to toss an unfair competition claim and gave the consumers the opportunity to take another stab at the complaint. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:01:39 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424379 After 17 years of litigation, a certified class of homeowners got the final stamp of approval in California federal court for a $29.5 million settlement with PHH Mortgage and its captive reinsurer, both of which homeowners alleged received unlawful kickbacks from premiums paid for mortgage insurance. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:40:08 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423855?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423855 Congress has a lot of ideas about what should happen with funds that states were allocated as part of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, but end up not using — the newest one is turning those dollars toward workforce development related to artificial intelligence. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:29:40 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423929?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423929 Artificial intelligence software that provides transcription and other meeting assistance on platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams illegally collects, stores and uses individuals' biometric voice data without their informed consent, according to a lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:13:15 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424237?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424237 A California federal judge said during a hearing Friday he plans to toss with leave to amend a proposed class action alleging DraftKings' Daily Fantasy Sports games and others violate California's ban on sports betting, while calling the case "significant" for "clearly" implicating public policy and the California penal code. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:03:12 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423584?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423584 General Motors asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to dismiss a putative class action accusing the automaker of selling vehicles with defective brake systems, arguing because the plaintiffs had their vehicles repaired by the carmaker's dealers, no harm was done. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:47:39 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424188?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424188 The Federal Reserve Board on Friday took another step toward rolling out what are known as skinny master accounts for fintech firms, requesting public feedback on a special purpose Reserve Bank account prototype "tailored to the risks and needs of institutions focused on payments innovation." Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:02:52 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424228?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424228 Iowa's attorney general has appealed to the Fifth Circuit a Texas federal judge's final approval of a settlement ending an antitrust class action suit over The Charles Schwab Corp.'s merger with TD Ameritrade, following the Hawkeye State's previous objection claiming the deal offered class members insufficient relief. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:32:56 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423824?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423824 Amazon has reached a deal ending a lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for second-degree burns and an infection a woman suffered after using a heating pad she purchased on the platform, sold to her by a third party. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:14:09 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424177?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424177 A California consumer can pursue claims that Mondelez International illegally led customers to believe that the snack giant sources its cocoa ethically, but only for Oreo and Toblerone products, an Illinois federal judge ruled. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:05:20 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424269?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424269 A New York federal judge shouldn't reconsider an order that allowed state law enforcement to continue conducting searches and seizures of Empire Cannabis Clubs locations and shutting them down, state officials argued Friday, saying the business owners failed to add anything new for the court to examine. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:56:14 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2421154?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2421154 Michigan courts had a memorable year in 2025, issuing rulings that extended protections against automatic life sentences to young adults, struck down abortion restrictions and pulled the plug on criminal cases related to President Donald Trump's so-called fake elector plot. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:32:25 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2423948?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2423948 Cadence Bank has reached a $5.25 million deal to end negligence claims it faced in multidistrict litigation over the May 2023 breach of file transfer application MOVEit, a consumer affected by the breach has informed a Boston federal judge. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:15:26 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2421290?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2421290 With more than a thousand opinions issued this year, three rulings from the Sixth Circuit stood out for the impact they'll have on the practice of civil procedure, including a net neutrality decision, a class certification standards ruling and an opinion about vulgarity in school, say attorneys at Ice Miller. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:32:53 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424254?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424254 Attorney Andrew Garza and his new firm, Claggett Sykes & Garza LLC, have invoked Connecticut's anti-SLAPP law in an attempt to dismiss litigation by his former law partner Ryan McKeen, one of several lawsuits between the partners after the dissolution of their firm, Connecticut Trial Firm LLC. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:16:21 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424306?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424306 A nonprofit's unusual plan to make a mass pardon request directly to the Trump administration highlights burgeoning optimism among white collar defendants about their chances of securing relief, and a recognition that the clearest path to clemency no longer runs through the traditional channels. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:44:50 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424116 Democratic senators urged the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize Compass Inc.'s $1.6 billion buy of rival broker Anywhere Real Estate Inc., saying further consolidation could drive commissions higher and squeeze out remaining competitors. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:19:57 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2424241?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2424241 Michael Selig's Dec. 18 confirmation as U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair comes at a critical juncture, as the agency is poised to gain oversight over the crypto industry and increase its jurisdictional mandate covering prediction markets, says Elizabeth Lan Davis at Davis Wright.