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• February 03, 2026

  OCC Urged To Scrap Escrow 'Giveaway' To Banks

  Consumer advocates are urging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to abandon proposals they say would let national banks unfairly profit off homeowners' escrowed money, warning the plan unlawfully revives a rejected deregulatory playbook.

• February 03, 2026

  En Banc 5th Circ. Wipes Out Airline Fees Disclosure Rule

  The full Fifth Circuit on Tuesday vacated a Biden-era rule requiring airlines to more clearly disclose add-on fees upfront, this time holding that the U.S. Department of Transportation's failure to properly consider public comments warrants doing away with the rule altogether.

• February 03, 2026

  Calif. Privacy Agency Taps Meta Alum To Head New Audits Unit

  The California Privacy Protection Agency on Tuesday announced the creation of a new Audits Division to assess companies' compliance with the state's consumer data privacy framework and named the most recent director of public policy at social media giant Meta Platforms Inc. to lead the unit.

• February 03, 2026

  DOJ, AGs Lodge Cross-Appeal Over Google Search Remedies

  The U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers on Tuesday launched an appeal of a D.C. federal judge's scaled-back remedies in their case targeting Google's search monopoly, after the tech giant filed its own appeal to knock out the penalties.

• February 03, 2026

  Zillow, Microsoft Say Users' Wiretapping Case Still Falls Short

  Zillow and Microsoft urged a Seattle federal judge to put an end to a proposed class action accusing Zillow of improperly using Microsoft software to track users' activity on the real estate giant's website, claiming the plaintiffs have failed to fix fundamental flaws in their case despite multiple tries.

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