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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • July 07, 2026

    Quantum Readiness May Paradoxically Raise Contractor Risk

    The organizations best positioned for the cryptographic system migration deadlines and other requirements under President Donald Trump’s recent quantum executive orders will be those able to inventory their cryptographic dependencies while protecting their vulnerability road map from adversaries, says Jesse Lemon at The Beckage Firm.

  • July 07, 2026

    Women's Law Group Asks FCC To Ditch Plan For 'The View'

    The National Women's Law Center has asked the Federal Communications Commission to drop potential plans to withdraw its "bona fide news" exemption for ABC's "The View" over concerns it would amount to censorship.

  • July 07, 2026

    5th Circ. Again Nixes Challenge To La. 340B Drug Delivery Law

    A Fifth Circuit panel doubled down on its decision to uphold a Louisiana law prohibiting drug manufacturers from blocking contracts between pharmacies and providers in the federal 340B drug discount program, reiterating that conclusion upon rehearing but this time allowing intervention by an advocacy group.

  • July 07, 2026

    What Ex-CFPB Head's Calif. Role May Foretell For Oversight

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom's selection of former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra to lead a new consumer agency signals tougher state financial services oversight, especially for fintechs, as well as heightened enforcement activity and larger penalties, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • July 07, 2026

    Willow Bridge Reaches DOJ Deal To End Price-Fixing Claims

    Dallas-based residential property manager Willow Bridge Property Co. has become the latest to reach a settlement with authorities in a North Carolina federal lawsuit accusing a host of landlords of fixing apartment prices using software from RealPage.

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