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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • April 29, 2025

    Fla. AG Drops Claims FEMA Avoided Trump Supporters' Homes

    Florida's attorney general said Monday that he has settled a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency's administrator over an alleged directive instructing hurricane relief workers to avoid homes displaying signs in support of Donald Trump.

  • April 29, 2025

    CFPB Aims To Mediate Colony Ridge 'Reverse Redlining' Suit

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a Houston-based real estate developer asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to pause the bureau's reverse redlining suit so they can engage in mediation to resolve the case.

  • April 29, 2025

    Examining The EPA's Forever Chemical Plans

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to clarify who is liable for forever chemical contamination and hold polluters accountable, though questions remain as to whether current standards could be loosened and how much help could be needed from Congress.

  • April 29, 2025

    Adviser Renews Bid To Toss SEC Suit Over Liquidity Rule

    Pinnacle Advisors LLC has again urged a New York federal judge to toss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit accusing the wealth management firm of exceeding its allowed allotment of illiquid investments, standing by its arguments that the so-called liquidity rule was wrongly promulgated.

  • April 29, 2025

    Amazon Can't Shake Return Policy Suit, Wash. Judge Rules

    A Washington federal judge refused Tuesday to dismiss claims accusing Amazon of unlawfully recharging consumers under its "advanced refund" return policy, ruling that the e-commerce giant could face tort and quasi-contract liability alongside breach of contract allegations.

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Consumer Protection

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  • AGENCIES
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Council of Better Business Bureaus, National Advertising Division
  • Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • State attorneys general offices
  • State consumer protection regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  • Fair Credit Billing Act
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
  • Lanham Act
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act
  • Truth in Lending Act
  • State and international consumer protection legislation and regulation
  • LITIGATION
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  • Suits over false or deceptive advertising, marketing, or labeling of services
  • Cases over consumer data breaches
  • Disputes over collection of consumers’ personal information
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of consumer protection practices

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