Consumer Protection

  • May 13, 2025

    Texas Investigates Gen­er­al Mills Over Food Coloring In Cereal

    Texas launched an investigation against General Mills Inc. over allegedly illegal misrepresentations the company made about its cereals such as Trix and Lucky Charms, saying in a Tuesday announcement the cereals contain artificial dyes that pose severe health risks for children.

  • May 13, 2025

    FTC Says It Won't Enforce 'Click To Cancel' Until July

    The Federal Trade Commission, currently only staffed with Republicans following President Donald Trump's firing of the remaining two Democratic commissioners, has decided to pump the brakes on its plan to start enforcing the agency's new "click to cancel" rule this month.

  • May 13, 2025

    State Farm's Emergency Rate Hike Request Approved In Calif.

    California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Tuesday that he had adopted a judge's recommendation to approve State Farm General Insurance Co.'s request for an emergency rate increase for property insurance in the state, following January wildfires that have already cost California insurers $12.1 billion.

  • May 13, 2025

    Senate Dems Say Paramount Deal Needs Full FCC Vote

    Two Democratic senators called Tuesday for a full Federal Communications Commission vote on the tie-up of Paramount and Skydance Media to avoid even the "appearance of impropriety" from the deal gaining approval amid President Donald Trump's suit against Paramount's CBS.

  • May 13, 2025

    PBMs Get Bipartisan Bashing At Hearing On Drug Costs

    Senators across party lines slammed pharmacy benefit managers on Tuesday, sometimes in coarse language, as they wrestled with how to reduce drug prices for patients while also preventing the closure of rural pharmacies.

  • May 13, 2025

    Farberware, Walmart Can't Duck Pressure Cooker Burn Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday denied Walmart Inc. and Farberware Licensing Co.'s bid to prevail in a suit alleging they sold a defective pressure cooker that erupted and burned a woman using it to make steak.

  • May 13, 2025

    Judge Preserves Consumer Action Over Kratom Extract

    A Missouri federal judge has largely preserved claims against a company that markets an opioid-like kratom extract, advancing a proposed consumer class action alleging the products were deceptively marketed to hide their addictive properties.

  • May 13, 2025

    States Grapple With Feds Revoking Digital Equity Grants

    States that received grant money under the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act are scrambling to figure out their next steps after the Trump administration called the program "unconstitutional" and cut off their funding in recent days.

  • May 13, 2025

    Applebee's Accused Of 'Egregious' Delivery Order Junk Fees

    Applebee's employs a deceptive bait-and-switch tactic to stick hidden junk fees to delivery orders on its website that aren't mentioned to customers until the very end of the check-out process, allowing it to rake in millions in profit, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court.

  • May 13, 2025

    Match Group Says Customer Gripes Can't Fly In FTC Ad Suit

    Match Group Inc. asked a Texas federal judge to bar the Federal Trade Commission from using "unsworn customer complaints" for evidence ahead of trial concerning the company's allegedly shady business practices, saying the complaints are unverified and classic hearsay.

  • May 13, 2025

    Law Firms Expected To Settle Veteran's TCPA Suit

    A veteran told a North Carolina federal judge he expects to settle a suit accusing several law firms and lawyers of badgering him about representing him in litigation over Camp Lejeune's drinking water even though he was never stationed at the base.

  • May 13, 2025

    FTC To Keep Focus On Key Sectors, Address Personal Liberty

    The head of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition said Tuesday the agency will remain focused on healthcare, technology and labor issues as enforcers also work to ensure corporate power does not infringe on personal liberties.

  • May 13, 2025

    NJ AG, Data Co. Defend Judicial Privacy Law At 3rd Circ.

    Data protection company Atlas Data Corp. and New Jersey's attorney general are urging the Third Circuit to uphold a decision declaring the state's judicial privacy measure known as Daniel's Law as constitutional.

  • May 13, 2025

    Berkshire Unit Loses Bid To Transfer Commission Fee Suit

    A Berkshire Hathaway unit and a full-service real estate company cannot transfer a proposed class action accusing real estate brokers of conspiring to inflate commissions for home sales out of Missouri federal court, the presiding judge has ruled.

  • May 13, 2025

    CFPB Axes Order For Toyota Unit To Pay Millions In Redress

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has quietly lifted a consent order with Toyota's U.S. financing arm, releasing it from "any alleged noncompliance" with the order — including requirements that called for it to return nearly $42 million to consumers.

  • May 13, 2025

    SEC X Account Hack Conspirator Deserves 2 Years, Feds Say

    Federal prosecutors are seeking a two-year sentence for an Alabama man who admitted to his role in last year's hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's account on the social platform X to post a bogus development in the agency's cryptocurrency policy, while the man himself said Tuesday that a year and a day should suffice.

  • May 13, 2025

    Express Scripts, FTC Say Defamation Suit 'Should Proceed'

    The Federal Trade Commission's new Republican leadership is ready to defend against an Express Scripts defamation lawsuit targeting an agency report excoriating it and other pharmacy benefit managers for allegedly inflating drug costs, the agency and the PBM told a Missouri federal judge Monday.

  • May 13, 2025

    GM Drivers Say V-8 Engine Recall Killed Fuel Economy

    A group of seven drivers have taken General Motors LLC to Pennsylvania federal court, asserting on behalf of a proposed nationwide class that the company sold them defective 6.2-liter V-8 engines and left them with a choice of either risking catastrophic failure or suffering worsened fuel economy after a recall.

  • May 12, 2025

    Missouri Hit With Sanctions In Generics Price-Fixing Fight

    A Connecticut federal judge Monday agreed to sanction and potentially dismiss for good the state of Missouri from antitrust litigation by state enforcers accusing generic-drug makers of conspiring to raise drug prices, finding Missouri violated a court order by ignoring the drugmakers' repeated discovery requests.

  • May 12, 2025

    Google, YouTube Reach Deal To End Kids' Data Collection Suit

    Google LLC and its YouTube subsidiary say they have reached a settlement to resolve a long-running proposed class action accusing them of illegally collecting children's data to generate targeted advertising, after a California federal judge refused to release the companies from the dispute earlier this year.

  • May 12, 2025

    Amazon Cites FTC Take On Online Shopping Law In Prime Suit

    Amazon has asked a federal court to either allow it to present evidence of the Federal Trade Commission's statements about the clarity of the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act or permit it to bring the matter to the Ninth Circuit, arguing the issue must be resolved sooner rather than later.

  • May 12, 2025

    Coinbase Inks $2.25M Deal In Dogecoin Sweepstakes Suit

    Coinbase Inc. and promoter Marden-Kane have agreed to pay $2.25 million to put to rest a proposed class action over a Dogecoin cryptocurrency sweepstakes, a deal that follows a trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a motion filed in California federal court Friday.

  • May 12, 2025

    Feds Say Tribal Tariff Dispute Must Stay In US Trade Court

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is fighting Montana tribal members' attempt to stop the transfer of their lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Canada tariff orders from federal court to the U.S. Court of International Trade, saying the CIT has exclusive jurisdiction over the case.

  • May 12, 2025

    AI Cash Advance Co. Cleo Faces Service Member Class Action

    Artificial intelligence-powered finance app Cleo faces a proposed class action alleging it violated the federal Military Lending Act with its cash advance product by lending to active duty service members at rates "well in excess" of the relevant legal rate cap.

  • May 12, 2025

    DC Circ. Has 'Duty To Intervene' To Protect CFPB, Union Says

    A union representing employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has urged the D.C. Circuit to keep in place a lower court injunction barring the agency from stopping work and firing staff, asserting ahead of oral arguments this week that the Trump administration is trying to "place the executive branch above the law."

Expert Analysis

  • What NHTSA's Autonomous Vehicle Proposal Means For Cos.

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    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recently proposed framework for review and oversight of vehicles equipped with automated driving systems offers companies a more flexible, streamlined approach to regulatory approvals for AVs, including new exemption pathways, assessments by independent experts and other innovations, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Tips For Pharma-Biotech Overlap Reporting In New HSR Form

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    While there’s no secret recipe for reporting overlaps to the Federal Trade Commission in the new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act form, there are several layers of considerations for all pharma-biotech companies and counsel to reflect on internally before reporting on any deal, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

  • Complying With Calif. Price-Gouging Law After LA Fires

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    The recent tragic Los Angeles fires have brought attention to the state's sometimes controversial price-gouging protections, and every California business should keep the law's requirements in mind, despite the debate over whether these statutes help consumers, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • Aviation Watch: Litigation Liabilities After DC Air Tragedy

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    While it will likely take at least a year before the National Transportation Safety Board determines a probable cause for the Jan. 29 collision between a helicopter and a jet over Washington, D.C., the facts so far suggest the government could face litigation claims, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • How Cos. Can Use Data Clean Rooms To Address Privacy

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    Implementing comprehensive administrative controls, security processes and vendor management systems are vital steps for businesses leveraging data clean rooms for privacy compliance, especially given the Federal Trade Commission's warnings of complicated user privacy implications, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • SEC Motion Response Could Reveal New Crypto Approach

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    Cumberland DRW recently filed to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement action against it for the unlawful purchase and sale of digital asset securities, and the agency's response should unveil whether, and to what extent, the Trump administration will relax the federal government’s stance on digital asset regulation, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • A Compliance Update For Credit Card Reward Partnerships

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    While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's interest in credit card rewards programs could fade under the new administration, a recent circular focusing on both issuers and their merchant partners means that co-brand credit card partnerships with banks could be subject to increased scrutiny ahead, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • How FTC Consumer Protection May Fare Under Reg Freeze

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    Attorneys at Crowell & Moring consider how President Donald Trump's executive order directing agencies to freeze all pending rulemaking activity may frustrate any Federal Trade Commission efforts to change or eliminate rules that made it across the finish line before the inauguration.

  • Critical Steps For Navigating Intensified OFAC Enforcement

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    The largely overlooked SkyGeek settlement from the end of 2024 heralds the arrival of the Office of Foreign Assets Control's long anticipated enhanced enforcement posture and clearly demonstrates the sanctions-compliance benefits of immediately responding to blocked payments, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.

  • Expect Scrutiny Of Banks To Persist, Even Under Trump

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    Although the change in administrations brings some measure of uncertainty as to the nature of bank compliance oversight, if regulators in Washington, D.C., attempt to dilute the vigilance of federal superintendence, the states are waiting in the wings to fill the void, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

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