Consumer Protection

  • September 04, 2025

    Cathay Bank Denies Knowledge Of $20M NFT Scam Suit

    California-based Cathay Bank asked a federal judge to throw out claims alleging it ignored red flags from scammers and enabled a $17 million romance scam, arguing the victim did not allege the bank even knew about the alleged fraud.

  • September 04, 2025

    Democrats Press Trump's Fed Pick On His Independence

    Stephen Miran, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was sharply questioned by Democratic senators on Thursday about his ability to independently carry out a leadership role at the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors after he said he would refuse to resign from the president's Council of Economic Advisers if confirmed.

  • September 04, 2025

    Ohio Cannabis Card Network Sued Over Faulty Cybersecurity

    An Ohio man is suing Ohio Medical Alliance LLC in federal court, alleging that its lackluster cybersecurity measures exposed more than 950,000 records containing private health information for its users.

  • September 03, 2025

    Google To Give Users More Control Over Ad Bidding Info

    Google will allow hundreds of millions of users to limit the information shared about them with companies that participate in Google's fast-paced digital ad auctions, part of a nonmonetary settlement resolving allegations information is shared without users' knowledge or consent, according to a filing in California federal court.

  • September 03, 2025

    Ga. County Can't Recoup Bio-Lab Emergency Response Costs

    A Georgia federal judge said a metro Atlanta county can't recover its emergency services expenses in responding to the massive Bio-Lab chemical plant fire last year, but left the door open for the county to win damages from the resulting economic fallout of the disaster.

  • September 03, 2025

    NBCUniversal Again Defeats Claims It Shared Data With Meta

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action accusing NBCUniversal of sharing Today.com visitors' personal and video viewing information with Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., saying one website visitor in Missouri failed to meet the Second Circuit's newly adopted standard for what is considered personally identifiable information.

  • September 03, 2025

    Newsmax Says Fox Illegally Monopolizes Right-Leaning News

    Newsmax sued Fox News in Florida federal court Wednesday, alleging Fox uses anticompetitive and exclusionary business practices to maintain its dominance over right-leaning television news.

  • September 03, 2025

    Fintechs Urge Judge To Let CFPB Set Open Banking Deadline

    The fintech trade group defending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's in-flux open banking rule on Wednesday urged a Kentucky federal judge to defer to the agency on whether to extend compliance deadlines for the data sharing mandate and also to decline banks' request to halt the clock as the agency retools the rule.

  • September 03, 2025

    Google Can Thank AI's Rise For Mixed Search Remedies

    Despite Google's resounding defeat last year in the U.S. Department of Justice's case targeting its search monopoly, the company will face only a mixed bag of remedies aimed at propping up search engine rivals and limiting its distribution contracts.

  • September 03, 2025

    FINRA Targets Ex-Synapse Officers Over Supervisory Failures

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has filed an enforcement action against two former executives of a subsidiary of bankrupt fintech company Synapse, alleging that they failed to properly supervise the subsidiary's cash management program ahead of the middleware provider's collapse.

  • September 03, 2025

    Hemp Cos. Drop Challenge To Ark. Regulations

    Hemp companies who challenged an Arkansas state law restricting hemp-derived intoxicating products are seeking to end their lawsuit, months after the Eighth Circuit dashed their efforts to temporarily block the statute's enforcement.

  • September 03, 2025

    Amex Owes $12M In Antisteering Rule Suit, NY Jury Holds

    A New York federal jury ordered American Express Co. to pay over $12 million to a class of Illinois consumers after finding the company liable under Illinois state law for overcharges that the class says they experienced due to so-called antisteering rules Amex imposed on merchants that accept Amex cards.

  • September 03, 2025

    Amazon Targets 3 Groups Over Alleged 'Refund Abuse' Scams

    International crime rings have fleeced Amazon for nearly $1 million in cash and merchandise through sophisticated manipulation of the company's return process, the retail giant has claimed in a trio of lawsuits filed in Washington federal court.

  • September 03, 2025

    Players Challenge NCAA's 'Redshirt' Rule As Anticompetitive

    A group of Division I athletes filed an antitrust lawsuit in Tennessee federal court challenging the NCAA's eligibility rules, alleging the rules operate as artificial caps on competition that constitute commercial restraint and result in suppressed economic opportunities for students.

  • September 03, 2025

    Silvergate's $37.5M Investor Settlement Gets Final OK

    Investors of failed, cryptocurrency-focused Silvergate Bank secured a California federal judge's final approval Wednesday for their $37.5 million settlement of claims alleging the bank misrepresented its safeguards against onboarding customers like the collapsed, fraud-ridden crypto exchange FTX.

  • September 03, 2025

    Texas Judge Asks Feds How Boeing Deal Serves Public

    A Texas federal judge pressed the U.S. government to explain why he should accept a nonprosecution agreement with Boeing that would let the company escape a criminal case for its role in deadly 737 Max 8 crashes, asking Wednesday how the deal serves the public.

  • September 03, 2025

    Google Owes Over $425M For Collecting App Data, Jury Says

    A California federal jury concluded Wednesday that Google unlawfully collected information from 98 million cellphone users who'd asked the tech giant not to track their app activity, awarding over $425 million in damages but finding punitive damages are not warranted in the class action.

  • September 03, 2025

    Consumers Defend Apple Antitrust Claims, Class Cert.

    Consumers defended their antitrust claims over Apple's App Store policies, arguing that Apple restricts the distribution of apps on its devices to block competition, not as part of a legitimate design choice, while also trying to preserve a class expected to include 185 million members.

  • September 03, 2025

    Honda Fights FCC Adding Car Technologies To Security List

    Honda has told the Federal Communications Commission that adding certain vehicle technologies to the government's "covered list" of banned devices made in foreign adversary countries would duplicate efforts already being carried out by the U.S. Commerce Department.

  • September 03, 2025

    FCC Chief Aims To End Disputed School Wi-Fi Programs

    The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday he's looking to overturn two controversial Biden-era FCC programs to fund providing Wi-Fi on school buses and hot spots for students' and library patrons' off-campus use.

  • September 03, 2025

    Insurer Escapes Duty To Cover Lab's Suit Over COVID Tests

    Continental Casualty Co. is not obligated to cover a Pennsylvania laboratory in an underlying lawsuit brought by a COVID-19 test manufacturer that accuses the lab of neglecting its responsibilities and falsely disparaging its tests, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Friday, finding the claims are barred due to two exclusions within the insurer's policy.

  • September 03, 2025

    Lack Of Notice Bars Miami Real Estate Fraud Suit, Court Told

    The city of Miami told a Florida appellate panel Wednesday that a resident's lawsuit alleging a real estate fraud conspiracy by city officials should be dismissed as untimely, saying the complaint was brought more than two years past the deadline for a required pre-suit notice under the Sunshine State's sovereign immunity law.

  • September 03, 2025

    Pressure Washers Can Explode, Cause Injuries, Suit Claims

    A consumer claims in a proposed California federal class action suit that TTI Outdoor Power Equipment Inc. pressure washers can explode and injure users, and that the company did nothing for years despite complaints.

  • September 03, 2025

    Ford Seeks Exit From Mustang Door Safety Suit

    The Ford Mustang Mach-E's user manuals clearly explain how the electric vehicle's automated door latch system operates and a recent recall moots any alleged harm to buyers worried about becoming trapped in the car, the Ford Motor Co. told a California federal judge Tuesday.

  • September 03, 2025

    Rural Broadband Association GC Joins Womble Bond In DC

    The former general counsel of the National Telecommunication Cooperative Association's Rural Broadband Association, has joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a senior counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.

Expert Analysis

  • 9th Circ. Decisions Help Clarify Scope Of Legal Lab Marketing

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    Two Ninth Circuit decisions last week provide a welcome development in clarifying the line between laboratories' legal marketing efforts and undue influence that violates the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, and offer useful guidance for labs seeking to mitigate enforcement risk, says Joshua Robbins at Buchalter.

  • Feds' Shift On Reputational Risk Raises Questions For Banks

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    While banking regulators' recent retreat from reputational risk narrows the scope of federal oversight in some respects, it also raises practical questions about consistency, reputational management and the evolving political landscape surrounding financial services, say attorneys at Smith Anderson.

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    Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

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    Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

  • FTC Staff Cuts Unlikely To Curb Antitrust Enforcement Agenda

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    While Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson's recent commitment to reducing agency staff may seem at odds with the Trump administration's commitment to antitrust enforcement, a closer analysis shows that such reductions have little chance of derailing the president's efforts, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma

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    Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.

  • What To Expect As UK, US Gov'ts Develop Stablecoin Policies

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    While the U.K. and U.S. governments’ policies both suggest that fiat-backed stablecoins can improve efficiency and safety in payments systems, a perception that crypto-assets remain high risk means consumers are unlikely to use them in significant volume anytime soon, say lawyers at Cadwalader.

  • Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality

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    Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

  • Yacht Broker Case Highlights Industry Groups' Antitrust Risk

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    The Eleventh Circuit recently revived class claims against the International Yacht Brokers Association, signaling that commission-driven industries beyond real estate are vulnerable to antitrust challenges after the National Association of Realtors settled similar allegations last year, says Miles Santiago at the Southern University Law Center and Alex Hebert at Southern Compass.

  • Opinion

    Juries Are Key In Protecting The Rule Of Law

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    Absent from the recent discourse about U.S. rule of law is the crucial role of impartial jurors in protecting the equitable administration of justice, and attorneys and judges should take affirmative steps to reverse the yearslong decline of jury trials at this critical moment, says consultant Clint Townson.

  • Opinion

    4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

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    As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • What To Know About Bill Aiming To Curb CIPA

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    A bill pending in the California Assembly would amend the California Invasion of Privacy Act to allow for the use of website tracking technologies for commercial business purposes, limiting class actions seeking damages under the act for industry standard practices, say Katherine Alphonso and Avazeh Pourhamzeh at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • Practical Implications Of SEC's New Crypto Staking Guidance

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent staff guidance that protocol staking does not constitute securities offerings provides a workable compliance blueprint for crypto developers, validators and custodial platforms willing to keep staking strictly limited to protocol-driven rewards, say attorneys at Cahill.

  • State Law Challenges In Enforcing Arbitration Clauses

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    In recent cases, state courts in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Jersey have considered or endorsed heightened standards for arbitration agreements, which can mean the difference between a bilateral arbitration and a full-blown class action in court, says Fabien Thayamballi at Shapiro Arato.

  • How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

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    E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

  • How To Strengthen A Case By Mastering Expert Witness Prep

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    A well-prepared expert witness can bolster a case's credibility with persuasive qualifications, compelling voir dire responses and concise testimony that can withstand cross-examination, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.

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