Consumer Protection

  • August 05, 2026

    Revive Rx Can't End Eli Lilly's Suit Over Tirzepatide Drugs

    A Texas federal judge has denied Revive Rx's bid to end Eli Lilly and Co.'s remaining unfair-competition claims over the compounding pharmacy's sales of allegedly unapproved tirzepatide weight-loss drugs that Eli Lilly says compete with Mounjaro and Zepbound, rejecting Revive's argument that compounded drugs fall outside state "new drug" laws.

  • August 04, 2026

    Edison Equip. Sparked Eaton Fire, LA County Report Finds

    Los Angeles County fire authorities on Tuesday released an investigation report on the origins of the January 2025 Eaton Fire, finding that the devastating fire ignited after a "glowing material" fell from an electrical event on Southern California Edison transmission towers into a dry fuel bed.

  • August 04, 2026

    Callaway Must Face Rival Golf Co.'s False Ad Suit, Judge Says

    TaylorMade Golf can proceed with a suit alleging TopGolf Callaway tricked customers into thinking it had superior golf balls through misleading UV light demonstrations and misinformation campaigns, a California federal judge said Tuesday, finding TaylorMade sufficiently alleged TopGolf engaged in dishonest advertising that instilled false product quality information.

  • August 04, 2026

    State Privacy Enforcer Consortium Adds Vermont To Ranks

    Vermont's attorney general has become the 12th member of a bipartisan collective of U.S. regulators launched last year to collaborate on implementing and enforcing their states' data privacy regimes, the group announced Tuesday. 

  • August 04, 2026

    Wyden Presses States To Tackle Data Privacy Law Evasion

    Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has asked a handful of state regulators to issue clear guidance on their data privacy laws and band together and go after companies that are selectively ignoring consumers' requests to opt out of the sale of their data.

  • August 04, 2026

    AGs Can't Yet Get Discovery Into Live Nation's DOJ Deal

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by some state attorneys general for discovery into the Justice Department's antitrust settlement reached midtrial with Live Nation, ruling that the scope of the request is "unclear" but the AGs can try again with "narrow and targeted requests."

  • August 04, 2026

    US Beekeepers Say USDA Mislabels 'Organic' Foreign Honey

    Federal regulations wrongly allow foreign honey producers to describe their products as "organic" while at the same time barring large-scale production of organic honey domestically, a group of commercial beekeepers claimed Monday in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

  • August 04, 2026

    5th Circ. Hints Texas App Age-Check Law Needs More Review

    A Fifth Circuit panel wanted to know whether the lower court should have gone "provision by provision" before halting a Texas law that requires app store owners to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent, suggesting the lower court needed to do more while weighing the legislation's constitutionality.

  • August 04, 2026

    Fla. Court Rules In Favor Of LGBCoin Investors

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday granted a default judgment in favor of "Let's Go Brandon" meme coin investors in a class action alleging securities violations, saying that a purported founder of the digital currency vexatiously litigated the case. 

  • August 04, 2026

    TikTok Settles 3 Teen Addiction Suits Before Bellwether Trials

    The company behind TikTok settled three lawsuits brought by young people alleging the social media platform caused them mental health harm, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Tuesday, although three other social media companies are still scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles on the claims in October.

  • August 04, 2026

    Google Accused Of Antitrust Behavior In Ad Tech Practices

    A rival technology company has accused Google of violating antitrust law by restricting competition in digital advertising markets.

  • August 04, 2026

    Land Rover Renews Bid To Arbitrate Brake Defect Suit

    Jaguar Land Rover is urging a New Jersey federal judge to end or stay a proposed class action over claims Range Rover brakes have a defect that causes premature wear, arguing that the drivers all agreed to arbitration.

  • August 04, 2026

    NC Biz Liable For Unfair Trade Practices In Veterans' Fee Fight

    A consulting company flouted North Carolina's Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act by charging veterans fees to file disability claims even while it lacked federal accreditation, a federal judge ruled in handing a partial pretrial victory to three classes of veterans.

  • August 04, 2026

    Paramount-Warner Merger Challenges Get March 2027 Trial

    The California federal judge overseeing challenges of Paramount Skydance Corp.'s planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery set a trial date for March 2027.

  • August 04, 2026

    5th Circ. Revives Penske Vicarious Liability Suit

    The Fifth Circuit Tuesday revived a lawsuit alleging trucking services giant Penske Logistics LLC and its freight broker affiliate Penske Transportation Management LLC are vicariously liable for a fatal 2018 Texas collision, after the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Montgomery ruling reshaped brokers' liability exposure.

  • August 04, 2026

    Tech Cos. Say FCC Must Keep Unlicensed Device Framework

    The FCC plans to vote later this week to open up 200 megahertz of unlicensed spectrum for satellite use, but Broadcom Inc., Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. think there are a few ways the agency could better "emphasize" its point that the current spectrum framework shouldn't be undermined.

  • August 04, 2026

    Search Rival, Advocates Back DOJ Against Google In DC Circ.

    Academics, policy experts, advocacy groups and several rivals lent their voices Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Justice's defense of its monopolization win over Google, while urging the D.C. Circuit to strengthen the "relatively modest remedies" they say leave Google able to dominate both search and artificial intelligence.

  • August 04, 2026

    Ace Hardware Seeks To Escape Price-Fixing Suit

    Ace Hardware urged an Illinois federal court to toss a proposed class action accusing the retail cooperative of helping its member stores conspire to fix prices, saying the case attacks services the stores need to compete against Home Depot and others.

  • August 04, 2026

    Colo. Judge Stays Carvana Manager's Safety Concerns Suit

    A Colorado federal judge agreed to stay a former Carvana manager's lawsuit against the automobile dealer that claimed the company fired him for reporting violations of motor vehicle safety regulations and raising safety concerns.

  • August 04, 2026

    Day Pitney Dropped From Suit Over Ex-Justice's Involvement

    A Connecticut state court judge allowed Day Pitney LLP to withdraw from a $1.3 million corporate windup feud after the involvement of one of its partners, a former chief justice on the state Supreme Court, came to light, negating the defendants' call for an evidentiary hearing on a motion to disqualify the firm.

  • August 04, 2026

    Milwaukee Radio Licensee Resolves FCC Probe For $8K

    A Milwaukee radio station licensee reached a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission for $8,000 to end an investigation into whether it failed to properly clear a transfer of control with the agency.

  • August 04, 2026

    CFTC's Selig Has Crypto Rules Ready Even If Clarity Bill Stalls

    U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig on Tuesday said his agency has rule proposals "ready to go" if Congress passes its Clarity Act to regulate crypto markets, and it will move forward with those rulemakings whether the bill succeeds.

  • August 04, 2026

    Wash. State Says FCC's High-Cost Overhaul Plan Is Flawed

    Washington state officials are pushing back against some aspects of a plan being considered by the Federal Communications Commission to overhaul the program that helps fund broadband deployment to rural and other "high cost" areas.

  • August 04, 2026

    35 AGs Urge Congress Not To Delay Hemp Ban Rollout

    A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general is urging Congress not to approve language in a pending continuing resolution that would delay the implementation of a ban on virtually all intoxicating hemp products for one month.

  • August 04, 2026

    Raskin Warns Of House Probe Into FCC Chief's ABC Actions

    Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin has signaled that congressional probes of the Federal Communications Commission could be on the way if the agency staff continues down a path of potentially revoking the licenses of eight Walt Disney Co.-owned ABC stations.

Expert Analysis

  • 3 Private Suits Test Influencer Ads As FTC Stays On Sidelines

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    Three lawsuits filed so far this year illustrate how influencer campaigns are facing growing scrutiny from private plaintiffs, despite the Federal Trade Commission not bringing an influencer marketing enforcement action since revising its endorsement guides to address the topic in 2023, but brands can take concrete steps to reduce the risks, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

  • Fed Report Underscores Focus On Nonbank, CRE Risks

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    The Federal Reserve Board's latest supervision and regulation report highlights that broad systemic stability will not insulate individual institutions from rigorous supervisory challenges regarding concentrated commercial real estate portfolios and nonbank partnerships, says Daniel Meade at Hogan Lovells.

  • CIPA Tech Tracking Suits Highlight Uncertain Legal Ground

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    Alexandra Samofalova at Spencer Fane discusses the state of California Invasion of Privacy Act website tracking litigation, why credible defendants choose to settle and how the businesses best positioned to face this uncertain legal landscape are the ones treating data practices as a legal compliance matter to address today.

  • AI, Prediction Markets Lead Securities Developments In 2026

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    Securities class actions tied to artificial intelligence and the battle over prediction market regulation both raise novel questions that courts are only beginning to address and that will continue to resonate throughout the second half of the year, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Key Compliance Insights From Calif.'s Volvo Diesel Deal

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    While the future of California's vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act is uncertain, the state's recent settlement with Volvo over diesel emissions hinges on the truthfulness of manufacturer representations to state regulators, and offers important lessons for companies on compliance and recordkeeping, says Thierry Montoya at FBT Gibbons.

  • Where Is The Line On Actionable Comms In Securities Cases?

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    Recent securities cases demonstrate the difficulty in discerning a clear difference between statements made in connection with the purchase or sale of securities and those that aren't, with that line more likely attributable to individualized factual situations than to any doctrinal differences of opinion between various courts, says Samuel Groner at Fried Frank.

  • House-Passed KIDS Act Spurs Child Data Practices Audit

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    Graham Dean, Brian Roper-Nelson and Will Quick at Brooks Pierce discuss the noteworthy sections of the U.S. House of Representatives' recently passed Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, the potential revisions as the law moves through the U.S. Senate and the significant business changes that the House law would require.

  • Calif. Recycle Label Order Imperils Product Responsibility Law

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    A California federal court's injunction blocking enforcement of the state's truth-in-recycling law gives companies racing to remove chasing arrows and other recyclability labels from their packaging a reprieve — and the court's action may also hobble implementation of the state's extended producer responsibility law, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • FTC Focus: Enforcing Vertically Integrated Operating Systems

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    As digital platforms increasingly pair operating systems with commerce, advertising, content and data, antitrust scrutiny will turn on whether those integrations create private bottlenecks that foreclose rivals through access, ranking, interoperability or defaults, pushing courts and enforcement agencies to adapt traditional utility and merger frameworks more aggressively, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • A Shift In How Policymakers Are Approaching PBM Regulation

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    Recent federal and state legislative and regulatory activity involving pharmacy benefit managers represent a change in focus from transparency to PBM compensation structures, vertical integration and competitive effects, say attorneys at Barclay Damon.

  • Calif. Wiretap Ruling May Reshape Pixel Tracking Litigation

    The recent dismissal of a proposed class action accusing Blue Shield of California of violating the federal Wiretap Act highlights the gap between legacy wiretap laws and modern browser architecture, and the tendency of pixel tracking complaints to oversimplify or mischaracterize how browsers work, says Phil Richards at ThreatHandle Consulting.

  • How State Actions Are Reshaping Surveillance Pricing Risk

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    Amid heightened state enforcement activity and expanding legislative action to curb surveillance pricing concerns related to transparency, fairness and discrimination, businesses should closely examine how consumer data is used in pricing decisions, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Tips For Issuers Left In Lurch Without Genius Act Final Rules

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    The compliance runway envisioned by the Genius Act is steadily shrinking after regulators failed to finalize all the required implementing regulations by July 18, so stablecoin issuers should begin implementing "no-regrets" compliance measures and securing outside vendors before the law takes full effect in January, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • Why Courts Are Pushing Back On Greenwashing Laws

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    Recent Fourth Circuit and California federal court decisions blocking state greenwashing statutes on First Amendment grounds reveal a tension at the heart of environmental marketing regulation — while states want clarity, courts aren't prepared to let legislatures flatly ban categories of truthful commercial speech, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • At The Intersection Of Right-To-Repair Laws And IP Rights

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    Right-to-repair legislation passing through Congress highlights a broad tension between manufacturers' security measures and consumer autonomy, with important repercussions for the automotive industry's intellectual property rights, says Keith Noe at Lando & Anastasi. 

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