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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • June 15, 2026

    'Skill Games' Should Be Treated Like Slots, Pa. Justices Say

    Tens of thousands of "skill games" that have proliferated around Pennsylvania should be considered slot machines and restricted to licensed and regulated gambling facilities, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.

  • June 15, 2026

    Fla. AG Sues TikTok Over Minors' Access, 'Unsafe' Content

    TikTok is violating Florida's restrictions on social media use and engaging in deceptive business practices by allowing young users unfettered access to the platform and failing to inform consumers about the short-form video app's allegedly addictive nature and "large amounts" of inappropriate content, the state's attorney general alleged in a lawsuit announced Monday.

  • June 15, 2026

    Anthropic Lied About Pricier Plans, Claude Max Users Say

    Anthropic misleadingly markets its Claude Max 5x and 20x subscription plans as giving users five times and 20 times the amount of usage offered by its lower-tier subscriptions, when the pricier subscriptions offer far less than that, according to a proposed class action filed Sunday.

  • June 15, 2026

    Lender Groups Sue Over Oregon's Federal Rate Opt-Out Law

    Lender trade groups sued Monday to block Oregon from capping the interest rates on loans made by out-of-state banks, opening a new front in industry litigation over whether states can use an obscure provision of federal law to curb higher-cost online lending to their residents.

  • June 15, 2026

    Facebook Users Ask 9th Circ. To Fix Jury Role 'Usurpation'

    The Ninth Circuit must undo a lower court's ruling that killed an antitrust suit brought by Facebook users after the district court judge found the novel theory propping up the suit held no water, the users have said, and that Facebook's parent company cannot defend the lower court's "usurpation of the jury's role."

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