Consumer Protection

  • July 08, 2026

    Florida Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

    New lawsuits over ChatGPT's role in a mass shooting on a Florida campus and a U.S. Supreme Court case that could upend most criminal trials in Florida are some of the litigation that the state's attorneys will be watching in the second half of 2026. ​​​​​​​Here, Law360 takes a look.

  • July 07, 2026

    Kalshi Loses Bid To Block NY Gambling Law Enforcement

    Kalshi cannot block New York from enforcing its gambling laws against the prediction market platform's sports-related offerings while the company pursues litigation accusing the state of intruding on the federal government's regulatory authority over derivatives trading, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  • July 07, 2026

    Veradigm Can't Shake Suit Over Patient Portal Data Tracking

    An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a putative class action accusing health information technology services provider Veradigm LLC of illegally divulging patient portal visitors' protected health information to Google, finding that the plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that the company's conduct violated federal and state wiretap laws.

  • July 07, 2026

    Kalshi Says Federal Law Bars Wash. 'Gambling' Clampdown

    Prediction market KalshiEX LLC urged a Washington state judge on Monday to reject state officials' effort to halt the company's operations under Washington gambling laws, arguing that federal law preempts the regulatory effort and that Washington has failed to show that the platform has caused meaningful harm.

  • July 07, 2026

    Illinois Cases To Watch In 2026: Midyear Report

    Mead Johnson is set to go to trial this summer in the first case to make it to a jury in multidistrict litigation claiming baby formula caused a serious gut illness in premature infants, while the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago is facing a possible sanctions hearing over prosecutorial misconduct allegations in two Illinois cases on attorneys' radar for the rest of the year.

  • July 07, 2026

    Meta Pans States' Bid For $1.4T In Social Media Addiction MDL

    Meta said Monday that California and three other states are seeking more than a trillion dollars in penalties in their upcoming August trial in the multidistrict social-media-addiction litigation, based on sweeping, "unmoored" calculations.

  • July 07, 2026

    5th Circ. Presses Ericsson Insurers On Terrorism Suit Defense

    A Fifth Circuit panel pushed insurers to explain why they should be allowed to avoid covering the defense of Ericsson Inc. against claims the company funded foreign terrorist organizations, asking Tuesday if Ericsson knew the money it gave out "was going to kill Americans."

  • July 07, 2026

    Baltimore County Defends Bid For Bridge Economic Losses

    Baltimore County has told a Maryland federal judge that it's entitled to recover "concrete and calculable" economic damages and search-and-rescue expenses over the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster, rejecting efforts to slash damages owed by the owner and manager of the cargo ship that rammed into the bridge.

  • July 07, 2026

    AT&T Asks FCC To Retire Copper Lines In 600 More Places

    There are more than 600 locations across the country where AT&T's copper phone lines have been disrupted — by theft, accident or natural disaster — and the company is hoping the Federal Communications Commission will give it the green light to leave them as they are.

  • July 07, 2026

    SEC Names Agency Vets To Lead New Retail Fraud Group

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that it has launched a new working group that will expand the agency's efforts to identify fraud targeting retail investors, tapping two longtime agency officials to lead the effort.

  • July 07, 2026

    Cadillac Lyriq Drivers Plan To Move EV Defect Suit To Mich.

    Cadillac Lyriq owners from six states have dropped their proposed class action against General Motors that claims it sold luxury electric vehicles with defects that cause the SUV to become inoperable, with the counsel for the drivers saying they intend to move the case to Michigan.

  • July 07, 2026

    FTC Warns 7 Retailers About Unqualified 'U.S. Origin' Claims

    The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday that it has notified seven retail businesses that sell drums, industrial laser machinery and e-cigarettes that they may be making unqualified "Made in  the USA" or "Made in Texas" claims about their respective products, and have advised them to comply with the agency's labeling rules. 

  • July 07, 2026

    Sony Bank's Crypto Charter Bid Clears 1st OCC Hurdle

    Sony's online banking unit is a step closer to setting up a crypto-focused U.S. trust company with a preliminary conditional charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

  • July 07, 2026

    Ill. Judge Approves $37M More In PVC Price-Fix Deals

    An Illinois federal judge gave her early approval Tuesday to more than $37 million in settlements two classes struck with a company defending against accusations that it participated in an illegal price-fixing scheme with other major polyvinyl chloride pipe producers.

  • July 07, 2026

    Kraken Seeks To Enforce $22M Award Over Scrapped Audit

    Cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to enforce a $22 million arbitration award it won against Mazars US LLP after the auditor suddenly quit the 2022 audit it was conducting for Kraken as the digital assets company came under a federal regulatory investigation.

  • July 07, 2026

    Calif. Judge Asks About Standing In Google Antitrust Case

    A California federal judge overseeing an antitrust litigation accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines has asked for evidence showing that the consumers bringing the case have standing.

  • July 07, 2026

    23andMe's $47M Data Breach Deal Gets Bankruptcy Court OK

    A Missouri bankruptcy judge entered an order Tuesday authorizing a $46.7 million settlement between the plan administration trust created under the Chapter 11 plan of DNA-testing company 23andMe and data breach claimants, finding the deal is fair and equitable. 

  • July 07, 2026

    ​​​​​​​Top Groups Lobbying The FCC

    The Federal Communications Commission heard from lobbyists more than 140 times in June, with AT&T at the front of the pack hoping to convince the agency to preempt California rules that the telecom giant says are hindering network modernization.

  • July 07, 2026

    Jeep Maker FCA Loses Bid To Arbitrate Under-Hood Fire Suit

    A Michigan federal judge has denied FCA US LLC's motion to make an Illinois couple arbitrate their claims that the automaker manufactured and sold defective Jeep vehicles prone to dangerous underhood fires, saying FCA did not produce evidence that the consumers agreed to an arbitration provision.

  • July 07, 2026

    Consumer Says Graco, Newell Owe Tariff Refunds

    Graco Children's Products Inc. and Newell Brands Inc. have been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over allegations that they retained windfall profits from unlawful tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

  • July 07, 2026

    Dem Sens. Probe CEOs On Trump-IRS Settlement Immunity

    Three senior Democratic senators are investigating whether several companies with ties to President Donald Trump are benefiting from what they alleged was immunity for him, his family and his businesses in the settlement he reached with the Internal Revenue Service. 

  • July 07, 2026

    7th Circ. Rejects Internet Scammer's Phone Search Appeal

    Federal border agents did not need a warrant or probable cause before manually searching a fraudster's cellphone for evidence upon his return flight to the United States, the Seventh Circuit said Monday, keeping the evidence a part of his case.

  • July 07, 2026

    P&G Brushes Off Harm Of Toothpaste Ingredient, Suit Claims

    Procter & Gamble misleads consumers of its Crest Pro-Health toothpastes by failing to convey that the ingredient sodium lauryl sulfate can damage gum and mouth tissue and trigger inflammation — "the very conditions" the products are marketed as mitigating, a proposed class action alleges in California federal court.

  • July 07, 2026

    Data Co. Not Covered In Meta Glasses Privacy Suit, Court Told

    A data annotation company accused of using private recordings collected by Meta's smart glasses to train artificial intelligence models is not entitled to insurance coverage, a Travelers unit told a California federal court, saying the company's policy bars coverage for the wrongful collection of protected personal information.

  • July 07, 2026

    CFPB Eyes Credit-Card Late Fees For Possible Rulemaking

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is readying a request for information on credit-card late fees, signaling a renewed look at an affordability issue that the agency's Biden-era $8 fee cap sought to address before banking industry opposition helped sink it in court.

Expert Analysis

  • Leveraging AI In MDL Discovery And Case Management

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    Generative and agentic artificial intelligence tools can help teams organize and digest the vast volume of documents inherent to multidistrict litigation, but workflows must be designed to maximize the tools' strengths and maintain human control of key operational and ethical factors, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Lessons For Cos. From Nixed Apple Watch Greenwashing Suit

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    A California federal court's recent decision in Dib v. Apple, a putative class action challenging carbon-neutral marketing statements made about the Apple Watch, provides meaningful guidance on how such claims may be defeated at the pleading stage, especially where they hinge on third-party verification, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • 3 Steps For Banks As Section 1071 Rule Finally Becomes Final

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    Some community banks and other lenders will get some breathing room in the final Section 1071 rule exempting them from small business lending reporting duties, but other reporting institutions should update applications, systems and staff training ahead of the 2028 compliance date, says Memrie Fortenberry at Jones Walker.

  • Series

    Power To The Paralegals: Burnout As A Structural Problem

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    Law firm leadership can best retain their paralegals not by encouraging self-care, but by seeking top-down structural solutions for the quiet proliferation of responsibilities and the vicarious exposure to client trauma that particularly drive burnout in this vital role, says Erika Sneeringer at Brockstedt Mandalas.

  • 11th Circ. Ruling Reflects Shift In Digital Consent Frameworks

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    The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in Tejon v. Zeus Networks that a browsewrap terms-of-service hyperlink was insufficiently conspicuous to bind a consumer to an arbitration agreement could accelerate a broader industry shift to clickwrap as the baseline for enforceable digital consent, say attorneys at Sheppard.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: June Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five recent rulings from cases involving allegations of internet data misuse, consumer fraud claims, immigration, insurance and First Amendment violation claims.

  • Justices' FCC Fine Ruling May Weaken Agency Leverage

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T upheld the commission's forfeiture framework as consistent with Jarkesy, but it is also likely to reduce the effectiveness of the commission’s forfeiture proceedings as a collection and deterrence tool, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Ill. Law Firm MSO Bill Clashes With Court Power, Ethics Rules

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    An Illinois bill prohibiting law firms from certain business arrangements with management service organizations, sent to the governor for signature last week, encroaches upon the courts' constitutional powers and goes beyond the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct in regulating investment in law-related services, says Matthew O’Hara at Smith Gambrell.

  • Google Antitrust Case Puts Spotlight On De Facto Exclusivity

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    Mozilla's recent amicus filing in U.S. v. Google arguing that its agreement to make Google the default search engine did not amount to de facto exclusivity highlights the growing debate over traditional indicators of exclusivity, with implications for any business that uses rebates, preferred contracts or volume incentives, says Chris Gowen at WilmU Farnan School of Law.

  • Justices' Montgomery Ruling Doesn't Expand Shipper Liability

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    Whether negligent hiring liability claims against shippers will increase after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last month in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II is anyone's guess, but the ruling itself will have no impact on shippers' actual liability in personal injury claims relating to trucking accidents, says Ronald Leibman at McCarter & English.

  • 3rd Circ. Decision Sheds Light On BIPA Bank Exemption

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    The Third Circuit's recent decision in McGoveran v. Amazon illuminates how courts are extending the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act's financial institution carveout beyond banks and insurers to technology vendors and other businesses handling biometric data, a defendant-friendly shift that still casts uncertainty around BIPA's enforcement, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.

  • Constructing AI Compliance Plans As State Laws Diverge

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    With Colorado, Connecticut and the federal government recently announcing wildly different approaches to artificial intelligence regulation, creating a workable compliance program means addressing overlapping obligations using shared systems rather than separate silos, say attorneys at Ogletree.

  • Assessing Issues The CFTC's Sports Betting Rules May Face

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    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently proposed a rule to consolidate its control of sports bets made on prediction market trading platforms, but problems may arise from possible conflicts between the proposed changes and state laws — and maybe even the Commodity Exchange Act itself, says David Slovick at Kopecky Schumacher.

  • Opinion

    State Courts Must Be Gatekeepers Of Expert Testimony

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    Based on my experience in the state judiciary, emulating federal courts' role as gatekeepers of expert witness testimony would help state court judges maintain the appearance of impartiality and assist juries, thus enhancing the overall confidence people have in their justice system, says Lorie Gildea at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Series

    Moshing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Entering a mosh pit is much like entering the practice of law — it is difficult, you have to know both the written and unwritten rules, and conduct yourself according to the expectations of each community, says Christopher Deubert at Constangy Brooks.

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