Consumer Protection

  • June 04, 2026

    Texas AG Says ActBlue 'Fraud' Outweighs Free-Speech Concern

    Counsel for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged a skeptical Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday not to block an enforcement action against Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue, arguing any "incidental" infringement of the group's First Amendment rights is outweighed by alleged evidence that it violated a Texas consumer protection law.

  • June 04, 2026

    Buyers Say Cove Probiotic Sodas Have Artificial Sweetener

    A proposed class of California consumers is suing Cove Drinks Inc. in federal court, alleging that its probiotic sodas contain an artificial sweetener despite advertising claiming that they do not.

  • June 04, 2026

    Live Nation Remedies Discovery To Wait On New Trial Motions

    A New York federal judge said that state attorneys general will have to wait on discovery to bolster their bid for a Live Nation Entertainment Inc. breakup, preferring to first tackle the live music giant's bid to upend jury findings faulting the company for monopolizing the industry.

  • June 04, 2026

    Conn. Looks To Wipe Out CFTC's Contract Crackdown Suit

    Connecticut has taken aim at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, blasting the agency's federal lawsuit to halt the state's efforts to police event contract trading as "wrongheaded."

  • June 04, 2026

    Chinese, Mexican Van Trailers Face Countervailing Duties

    Van-type trailers from China and Mexico are facing countervailing duty orders after the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found Thursday they are benefiting from government subsidies, though it dropped its investigation into Canadian versions of the products.

  • June 04, 2026

    Parking Cos. Face Privacy Class Action Over Plate Readers

    Four private parking operators and technology vendors in Maryland are facing a proposed privacy class action after five drivers accused them of illegally pulling their personal information from the state DMV to send them invoices with exorbitant fees.

  • June 04, 2026

    Medical System Loses Bid To Send Data Breach Cases To Mo.

    Munson Healthcare cannot transfer two patient data breach proposed class actions to Missouri because it did not establish that Missouri courts could exercise personal jurisdiction over the healthcare system, a Michigan federal judge ruled, while ordering the provider to produce information that could determine if the cases should return to state court.

  • June 04, 2026

    Meta Says 9th Circ. Needn't Revisit Facebook Genocide Ruling

    Meta Platforms Inc. is fighting a petition from two women asking the Ninth Circuit for a full court rehearing of their suit alleging that Facebook's 2009 algorithms contributed to the destruction of their villages during the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, saying the circuit's interpretation of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act doesn't need revisiting.

  • June 04, 2026

    Justices Say FCC Fines Can Stand Without Jury Trial

    The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Federal Communications Commission's authority to issue monetary penalties Thursday, knocking down challenges to nearly $200 million in fines against the Big Three wireless carriers for failing to protect consumer data privacy.

  • June 03, 2026

    AbbVie Loses Miss. Discount Drug Law Challenge For Good

    A Mississippi federal judge on Wednesday threw out a suit brought by AbbVie and other pharmaceutical manufacturers that participate in Medicaid challenging a law barring their interference with the distribution of discounted prescriptions to pharmacies serving low-income patients.

  • June 03, 2026

    House Panel Spars Over Who Benefits From Draft Privacy Bill

    The backers of a Republican-led proposal to establish a long-elusive federal data privacy standard lauded the effort during a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Wednesday for being a commonsense extension of the nearly two dozen state laws already in place, while its opponents argued that the measure would establish a weak framework that favored companies over consumers.

  • June 03, 2026

    Bojangles Workers Didn't Plead Data Hack Harm, Court Told

    Counsel for national fried chicken fast food chain Bojangles told a North Carolina Business Court Wednesday that a putative data breach class action against it can't survive, as a group of employees didn't allege how the cyber-theft caused them harm.

  • June 03, 2026

    NY Says Santander Unit Will Pay $675K Over Extension Fees

    New York's top banking regulator said Wednesday that the U.S. vehicle financing arm of Spanish banking giant Santander will pay a fine and consumer refunds totaling more than $675,000 to settle findings from an investigation into its auto loan fee practices.

  • June 03, 2026

    Feds Pitch 63-Month Sentence For Player In Oil Investor Scam

    Federal prosecutors argued Tuesday that a Washington man should be sentenced to 63 months in prison for moving tens of millions of dollars from investors to overseas bank and cryptocurrency accounts as part of a fraud scheme, while the defendant sought a 15-month sentence, saying he was enticed by "sophisticated international criminals."

  • June 03, 2026

    Medtronic Unit Must Face Bellwether Hernia Mesh Claims

    A Massachusetts federal judge has largely cleared the way for bellwether claims in multidistrict litigation over Covidien's hernia mesh, finding that a reasonable jury could find the Medtronic subsidiary failed to adequately warn physicians about certain risks.

  • June 03, 2026

    Balwani Takes Theranos Conviction Challenge To Justices

    Former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his criminal fraud conviction and nearly 13-year prison sentence, arguing that the Ninth Circuit used the wrong review doctrine in rejecting his argument that prosecutors had failed to correct allegedly false testimony given by investor victims.

  • June 03, 2026

    Fla. Panel Finds Health Co. Owner Tricked Customers

    A Florida appellate court on Wednesday reversed an order clearing a health company owner of liability in a deceptive business practices case, saying the lower court wrongly found prosecutors hadn't met their burden of proof despite evidence at trial showing misconduct involving fraud. 

  • June 03, 2026

    'This Is Their Document': Jury Told J&J Docs Prove Talc Lies

    Counsel for the families of three women who died of ovarian cancer delivered closing arguments Wednesday in their six-week-long bellwether lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, telling jurors that decades-old internal documents prove the company hid that its talc was contaminated with asbestos.

  • June 03, 2026

    Bank Tries Again To Decertify Inmate Class In Debit Fee Suit

    Central Bank of Kansas City has renewed its attempt to decertify a class of inmates who alleged they received prepaid debit cards with excessive fees upon their release, arguing the court must first determine whether the prisoners received the cards without permission.

  • June 03, 2026

    TransUnion To Face Class Claims Over Sham Debt Collector

    Consumers in a Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuit against TransUnion have won a North Carolina federal judge's certification allowing their case, which alleges the lead plaintiff was the victim of a debt collection scheme, to proceed as a class action.

  • June 03, 2026

    FTC Looks For Input On X Petition To Set Aside Privacy Order

    The Federal Trade Commission is asking for the public's input on a petition from X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, to set aside or modify its 2022 $150 million settlement stemming from charges it misled users about how their data was used.

  • June 03, 2026

    Texas Judge Remands Broker Liability Suit After Montgomery

    A Texas federal judge said Tuesday that, following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Montgomery ruling, a lawsuit alleging freight broker and logistics giant C.H. Robinson is vicariously liable for a fatal 2022 accident involving an "unlawfully double-brokered" truck load belongs back in state court.

  • June 03, 2026

    Trump-Backed Firm Says Exec Can't Sue For Crypto Freeze

    Trump family-tied crypto firm World Liberty Financial asked a California federal court to release it from crypto billionaire Justin Sun's suit accusing it of using backdoor mechanisms to hold Sun's tokens hostage after he invested $45 million in the project, arguing Sun wrongly attempts to assert claims over his businesses.

  • June 03, 2026

    Broadband Group Wants Same FCC Router Waiver As AT&T

    The Federal Communications Commission should grant NCTA — The Internet & Television Association members a waiver allowing them to make changes to foreign-made routers since getting replacements has become difficult due to supply chain shortages and the agency has banned routers made outside the country.

  • June 03, 2026

    Medical Equipment Co. Inks $14.3M Deal In Overbilling Suit

    Pennsylvania-based AdaptHealth Corp. will pay $14.3 million to settle claims that it violated the North Carolina Debt Collection Act by overcharging and trying to collect debts from patients who had returned medical equipment to the company, according to details of a deal released this week.

Expert Analysis

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    Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Skiing has shaped habits I rely on daily as an attorney — focus, resilience and the ability to remain steady when circumstances shift rapidly — and influences the way I approach legal strategy, client counseling and teamwork, says Isaku Begert at Marshall Gerstein.

  • Weighing The Practical Implications Of SC Kids' Privacy Law

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    South Carolina's recently enacted Age-Appropriate Code Design Act includes a unique provision: a private right of action for certain violations, but its practical effect remains uncertain, as courts and litigants grapple with complex questions of standing, causation and the definition of actionable harm, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • Fair Housing Takeaways From Colony Ridge Settlement

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    The recent settlement agreement between Colony Ridge Developments, the U.S. government and the state of Texas — perhaps the first settlement involving unfair lending and housing practices during the second Trump administration — reflects current enforcement priorities and sheds light on shifting compliance risks, say attorneys at Weiner Brodsky.

  • AG Watch: Minn. Enters New Era Of Data Privacy Enforcement

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    Now that the Minnesota Attorney General's Office can bring enforcement actions for data privacy violations without providing 30-day notice, businesses operating in Minnesota, or those collecting data from Minnesota residents, should treat this moment as a call to action, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Understanding The SEC's Consequential Crypto Guidance

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent interpretive release — its most comprehensive statement ever on the application of the federal securities laws to crypto-assets — reimagines the Howey test to resolve long-standing questions over what is a security, but leaves many issues unresolved, say attorneys at Cahill.

  • Justices' Geofence Ruling May Test 4th Amendment's Future

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    When the U.S. Supreme Court decides in Chatrie v. U.S. whether law enforcement may use geofence warrants to compel Google to disclose location history data, the ruling is likely to become an important statement about the future of Fourth Amendment law in data-driven investigations, says Duncan Levin at Levin & Associates.

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    NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

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    In the first quarter of 2026, New York's banking developments were headlined by initiatives to expand oversight of financial institutions and strengthen consumer protection laws, including a new framework for buy now, pay later lenders, a sweeping debt collection rule and a revised corporate self-disclosure program for financial crimes, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Legal Theories In Social Media Verdicts Hold Clues On Impact

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    Although the two verdicts in cases in New Mexico and California involving Meta and Google are being lumped together, they rest on fundamentally different legal theories, and that distinction determines how their effects may be felt in other jurisdictions, says Mark Morgan at Day Pitney.

  • Seeking A Policy Fix As Merger Reporting Fight Continues

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    A recently announced request by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice for public comment on the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger reporting requirements, as litigation challenging the commission's updated requirements continues, suggests the government's willingness to address how best to support modern merger enforcement without unduly burdening filing parties, say attorneys at Baker Botts.

  • Opinion

    Wash. Amazon Ruling Should Reshape Suicide Liability

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    The Washington Supreme Court's reinstatement of negligence claims in Scott v. Amazon.com, brought by the families of people who died by suicide after purchasing chemicals online, signals a reckoning for digital commerce and the rejection of the defense that online marketplaces are merely passive technology platforms, says Donald Fountain at Clark Fountain.

  • AI Recruiting Suit Shows Old Laws May Implicate New Tools

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    The Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations recently filed in Kistler v. Eightfold AI, are the latest example of broad definitional language in legacy statutes proving far more dangerous to companies deploying artificial intelligence – particularly in hiring – than any purpose-built artificial intelligence regulation, say attorneys at Ogletree.

  • What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings

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    My audit of 1,522 court documents from last month found that over 95% contained at least one verifiable error, with fewer than 1% showing clear indicators of artificial intelligence use — highlighting above all else that lawyers may want to focus most on strengthening their review processes, says Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich.

  • How Cos. Can Prepare For 'Made In America' Ad Scrutiny

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    The Trump administration's executive order to combat fraudulent "Made in America" claims in consumer-facing advertising, along with actions by the Federal Trade Commission, suggest a potential increased focus on consumer protection and pricing-related matters, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Opinion

    FTC Case Risks Redefining Price Discrimination

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    Federal Trade Commission v. Southern Glazer puts a spotlight on the blurry line between illegal price discrimination and ordinary competition, and could potentially set a precedent that puts nearly any manufacturer at risk of Robinson-Patman Act enforcement, says Jeremy Sandford at Econic Partners.

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    Mich. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

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    Michigan's financial services sector saw several significant developments in 2026's first quarter, including the state Department of Insurance and Financial Services' issuance of a bulletin on the use of artificial intelligence and the Michigan House's introduction of a bill based on the Model Money Transmission Modernization Act, say attorneys at Dykema.

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