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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • February 11, 2026

    9th Circ. Partly Reverses Ford's 'Death Wobble' Class Cert.

    The Ninth Circuit Wednesday partly remanded a class certification ruling in litigation brought by Ford buyers alleging some of the auto giant's pickup trucks have a steering defect known as the "death wobble," saying the record shows that the claimed defect manifested at varying rates in different model years.

  • February 11, 2026

    PNC Customer's Improper Withdrawal Claims Can Proceed

    A Maryland federal judge has ruled that a PNC Bank customer has standing to challenge the bank's withdrawal of money from his checking account to cover a home-equity credit line, but dismissed his individual damages claim and asked for more briefing on his bid for class certification.

  • February 11, 2026

    Renters Can't Block RealPage, Equity Residential Subpoenas

    A Tennessee federal judge has refused to quash subpoenas issued by property management software company RealPage Inc. and property owner Equity Residential in multidistrict litigation that accuses landlords of using RealPage software to fix rental prices. 

  • February 11, 2026

    7th Circ. May Seek Ill. Justices' Input In Hyundai BIPA Row

    A Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday appeared skeptical about whether Hyundai Motor America had any control over biometric data captured by cameras installed in certain Hyundai vehicles and how a proposed class of drivers was injured under Illinois' biometric privacy law, but one judge suggested the case presents a question the state's top court may need to answer.

  • February 11, 2026

    Instagram CEO Denies Users Can Be 'Addicted' To Platform

    Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri testified Wednesday in front of a California state jury considering claims his company and Google's YouTube harm children's mental health, saying he does not believe a user can become "addicted" to the platform in a clinical sense despite having used the term himself in the past. 

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