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October 08, 2026
The FCC spends a lot of time trying to do something about the billions of illegal robocalls Americans are pelted with every month, but the agency is currently considering a proposal to relax the current rules on political robocalls ahead of the November midterms — to the chagrin of the commission's lone Democrat.
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October 08, 2026
A New York appeals court on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of a New York City suit accusing BP, Exxon and Shell of deceiving consumers about the environmental effects of their gasoline products and alternative energy investments.
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October 08, 2026
The Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat is seeking more details on an unusual gap in leadership that took place this summer at the National Credit Union Administration, questioning how the agency continued to function with an empty governing board.
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October 08, 2026
Federal Trade Commission member Mark Meador on Thursday argued digital market rules in the U.K. and the European Union undermine international cooperation with U.S. antitrust and consumer protection enforcers, in the latest Trump administration admonishment of the policies.
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October 08, 2026
Ameriprise Financial Inc. on Thursday asked a Minnesota federal court to dismiss a proposed class action from consumers accusing it of failing to safeguard their data from cybercriminals in a March breach, arguing the suit's plaintiffs do not allege that their data was involved in the incident.
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October 08, 2026
The Second Circuit has declined to revive a suit alleging Bloomberg LP reclassified certain utility company bonds to hike interest rates paid by electricity customers, finding that customers cannot challenge such rates because the utilities filed the interest rates with state regulators before issuing the bonds.
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October 08, 2026
The Trump administration doubled down on its efforts to eliminate New York's congestion pricing, telling the Second Circuit that the underlying contract dispute was heard in the wrong court and that it shouldn't be handcuffed to now-disfavored policies of earlier administrations anyway.
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October 08, 2026
Three kratom sellers and distributors are asking a Maryland federal court to throw out a suit from the city of Baltimore alleging they misled consumers about the addictive nature of kratom, and saying the city is trying to step into enforcement shoes that are meant to be filled by state actors.
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October 08, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that T-shirt manufacturer Gildan Activewear SRL has removed terms from its supply agreement with distributor S&S Holdings LLC that prevented Gildan from offering better prices to competing distributors.
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October 08, 2026
The Justice Department is waving through a merger between two mobile parking payment companies after finding that their union wouldn't pose a problem for competition within the United States.
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October 08, 2026
The Southern Co. has been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court, accusing the utility holding company of failing to adequately protect hundreds of thousands of customers' personal information during a recent cyberattack.
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October 08, 2026
An inventor rights advocacy group has told a federal courts rules committee that requiring the disclosure of who is funding civil litigation would put independent inventors at a disadvantage when trying to enforce patents against a larger company.
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October 08, 2026
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether the city of Philadelphia can sue CVS Pharmacy Inc. and other stores under state public nuisance laws for allegedly exacerbating the opioid epidemic with their prescription drug sales.
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October 08, 2026
The National Fraud Enforcement Division's new corporate enforcement policy emphasizes the quick pursuit of certain types of fraud through data analysis and staff resources, expands the target list beyond traditional healthcare providers and highlights the division's growing dominance within the U.S. Department of Justice, experts say.
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October 08, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Fourth Circuit ruling that directed the Federal Communications Commission to review an agency staff decision requiring broadcasters charge the lowest political ad rates for committees tied to candidates.
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October 08, 2026
Three Pennsylvania lawmakers and a coalition of "skill games" operators want the state Supreme Court to extend a deadline before police start seizing the game terminals, hoping to give the state Legislature more time to pass a law governing the games after the court found them to be illegal slot machines.
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October 08, 2026
A Florida-based dental insurance carrier has asked a Michigan federal judge to sanction a dental practice and its attorneys at Bock Hatch & Oppenheim LLC and Shenkan Injury Lawyers, saying they pursued a baseless junk fax class action for years that resulted in millions of dollars in defense costs.
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October 08, 2026
A minor and a family friend are suing Amazon.com Inc. in a New Jersey state court, alleging they were severely burned when a defective fueling bottle for a tabletop fire pit experienced "flame jetting" while the fire pit was being refueled.
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October 07, 2026
The Florida attorney general Wednesday asked a state court to compel Meta Platforms Inc. to impose age verification measures and curb addictive features, saying that a recent $17.1 billion settlement with other state attorneys general shows that the social media giant can do so.
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October 07, 2026
A House Democrat floated draft legislation Wednesday aimed at making it easier for those harmed by emerging artificial intelligence systems to sue developers for damages, on the same day that the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee unveiled her own comprehensive framework for addressing "catastrophic" risks posed by AI.
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October 07, 2026
Counsel for hospital plaintiffs touted a "landmark" win in California state court litigation that will require the Blue Cross Blue Shield network to justify unit by unit how it has carved up markets.
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October 07, 2026
The First Circuit is clearing up a tangle of appeals it has on its plate challenging the Federal Communications Commission's prison phone rate caps after the agency threw a wrench in the plan by updating those regulations post-oral argument.
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October 07, 2026
Cargill, JBS, Tyson and National Beef urged the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday to undo class certifications in sprawling beef price-fixing litigation against the meatpackers, arguing a Minnesota federal judge granted the certifications despite evidence that many class members were unharmed by the alleged conspiracy.
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October 07, 2026
A Washington federal magistrate judge has thrown out a consumer's proposed class action accusing Amazon of charging too much Tennessee sales tax, finding Wednesday that the plaintiff had not shown the e-commerce giant's alleged overcollection was driven by profit or other business motives.
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October 07, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission will consider an order this month to block certain foreign adversaries' testing labs from clearing equipment for the U.S. market.