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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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March 27, 2025
Chamber Tells Justices To Review Duke Energy Monopoly Suit
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review a decision that revived a case accusing Duke Energy of squeezing a rival out of the market in North Carolina, saying the appeals court was wrong to recognize a "Frankenstein's monster" theory of harm.
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March 27, 2025
Fla. Judge OKs FTC To Unfreeze Assets In E-Commerce Suit
A Florida federal judge authorized the Federal Trade Commission to unfreeze bank accounts controlled by an Ohio man accused of defrauding e-commerce platform users out of $14 million provided he gives certain financial disclosures, but kept a temporary restraining order precluding business operations in place for now.
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March 27, 2025
FTC Reaches $17M Settlement With Online Cash Advance Co.
The Federal Trade Commission settled its false advertisement suit in New York federal court against online cash advance company Cleo AI Inc. for $17 million, according to a proposed settlement order posted on the FTC's website Thursday.
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March 27, 2025
Umpqua Bank Strikes Deal With Investors In $300M Ponzi Suit
Umpqua Bank and a class of investors on Thursday informed a California federal judge they've reached a settlement to resolve claims the bank helped execute an alleged $300 million Ponzi scheme led by a since-deceased real estate investment manager.
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March 27, 2025
Senate Panel Grills FAA, Army On DCA Midair Collision
U.S. Senate lawmakers on Thursday grilled the Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Army over miscommunication and policy lapses as thousands of near-misses between commercial jets and helicopters near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were documented well before January's devastating midair collision that left 67 people dead.

Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Council of Better Business Bureaus, National Advertising Division
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State attorneys general offices
- State consumer protection regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Fair Credit Billing Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
- Lanham Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- Truth in Lending Act
- State and international consumer protection legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Deceptive or predatory loan and loan servicing disputes
- Suits over false or deceptive advertising, marketing, or labeling of services
- Cases over consumer data breaches
- Disputes over collection of consumers’ personal information
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of consumer protection practices
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- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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