Consumer Protection

  • February 13, 2025

    Wells Fargo Followed Seminoles' Orders For Trust, Jury Hears

    Wells Fargo told a Florida state jury Thursday its stewardship of a major trust for the Seminole tribe was sound, saying that the tribe asked for and received a "keep-it-safe trust" and there was no missing $800 million.

  • February 13, 2025

    DeepSeek's Rapid Rise Adds Fuel To AI Policy Push

    Chinese startup DeepSeek has made waves globally with an artificial intelligence chatbot app that it claims to have made more efficiently than its competitors, but experts say its quick ascent is likely to accelerate efforts to broadly regulate data privacy and national security risks presented by the emerging technology. 

  • February 13, 2025

    9th Circ. Won't Undo Meta's $725M Privacy Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed Meta Platforms Inc.'s $725 million settlement resolving privacy claims over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, finding that the California district court conducted a full review of the deal's terms before approving it.

  • February 13, 2025

    2 Men Cop To Crypto Mining Fraud Conspiracy, Forfeit $400M

    A pair of Estonians have pled guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and agreed to forfeit assets worth $400 million in connection with Washington state federal prosecutors' claims that they ran a $577 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, the government said Thursday.

  • February 13, 2025

    Apple Pushes DC Circ. To Intervene In Google Remedies Case

    Apple has urged the D.C. Circuit to undo a district court order barring the company from intervening in the U.S. Justice Department's remedies case against Google, arguing it moved with all speed to step in when it saw a government proposal "designed to force Apple to develop its own general search engine."

  • February 13, 2025

    Senate Dems Say FCC Looking To 'Punish' Broadcasters

    A trio of Senate Democrats wrote to Republican leaders on the Federal Communications Commission questioning recent agency decisions they said "appear politically motivated and designed to punish, censor or intimidate" broadcasters.

  • February 13, 2025

    GOP Lawmakers Seek To Vacate CFPB Overdraft Rule

    Top U.S. House and Senate Republicans introduced legislation on Thursday to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's $5 overdraft fee rule, a move that could help ensure big banks retain more regulatory flexibility to charge higher amounts.

  • February 13, 2025

    Boeing, DOJ Want More Time To Rework 737 Max Plea Deal

    The U.S. Department of Justice and The Boeing Co. told a Texas federal judge on Thursday that they need another month to rework a plea agreement in the American aerospace giant's 737 Max criminal conspiracy case, saying new senior DOJ officials are still being briefed on a potential new deal.

  • February 13, 2025

    Walmart Says CFPB Suit Should Wait Amid Agency Chaos

    Walmart and fintech company Branch Messenger Inc. asked a Minnesota federal judge to stay the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement case over allegedly mandatory deposit accounts for delivery drivers until policymakers untangle the agency's role under the Trump administration.

  • February 13, 2025

    DC Judge Affirms Approval Of Teva's Generic Sleep Drug

    A D.C. federal judge upheld the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of Teva's generic version of Vanda's sleep-walking treatment tasimelteon, ruling Thursday that omitting Braille on the labeling is permissible as it would be "aberrant" to allow safe variations in a drug's substance but not for labeling.

  • February 13, 2025

    SafeMoon CEO's Trial Not Delayed By Crypto Policy Shifts

    A Brooklyn federal judge has declined to delay the late March start to a trial for the CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency asset company SafeMoon LLC despite the executive's arguments that recent crypto policy shifts could cut the securities fraud charge from the counts against him.

  • February 13, 2025

    Long-Term Zantac Use Raised Cancer Risks, Jury Hears

    Chronic ranitidine ingestion was a factor in the development of prostate cancer in two men who are retrying their claims over the active ingredient in Boehringer Ingelheim's over-the-counter Zantac medication, the University of South Carolina's chief urologist testified in Illinois on Thursday.

  • February 13, 2025

    Sens. Hope To Clear Up Delays In Broadband Supply Chain

    A bipartisan group of senators has renewed legislation to more quickly identify issues that could cause delays in the flow of equipment needed to build out U.S. broadband networks.

  • February 13, 2025

    Psychiatrist Says DraftKings Exacerbated Gambling Addiction

    A Pennsylvania psychiatrist is suing DraftKings Inc. in New York federal court, alleging the sports and betting platform's negligent conduct is exacerbating its users' gambling addictions.

  • February 13, 2025

    Profs Back Hotel Guests In 3rd Circ. Algorithmic Pricing Case

    A group of academics has joined antimonopoly groups to support hotel guests accusing several Atlantic City casino hotels of using shared software to fix room rates in their Third Circuit fight to revive their suit.

  • February 13, 2025

    Mass. Auto Telematics Data Law Not Preempted, Judge Says

    A Boston federal judge's dismissal of an auto industry group's challenge to a Massachusetts vehicle telematics data law centered on a limited interpretation of the statute's reach and the lack of a clear conflict with federal laws, according to an order unsealed Thursday explaining the decision.

  • February 13, 2025

    Musk Must Pay Up For Illegal Access To Data, Class Suit Says

    Elon Musk should be forced to compensate taxpayers and recipients of government benefits after gaining access to federal databases housing their data, a proposed class told a D.C. federal court, saying the billionaire violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

  • February 13, 2025

    Duke Rate Hike Discrepancy Lacks Reason, NC Justices Hear

    The North Carolina Attorney General's Office urged the state's highest court Thursday to undo what it characterized as a glaring rate hike for Duke Energy Carolinas compared to what a sister entity received, saying state regulators offered no justification for the jump.

  • February 13, 2025

    Sandy Hook Families Seek To Enforce Alex Jones Judgment

    Infowars founder Alex Jones should be forced to pay the judgment that Sandy Hook families won in their long-running defamation case, even though he lodged a "baseless" appeal with the Connecticut Supreme Court in an effort to create further delays, the plaintiffs said.

  • February 13, 2025

    Unlicensed Pot Shop To Pay $6M Judgment In NY AG Suit

    New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday that a Kings County judge ordered an unlicensed cannabis shop to pay $6 million in a judgment finding that the shop had ignored orders from the Office of Cannabis Management and kept selling cannabis without a license.

  • February 12, 2025

    Baltimore Sues To Stop 'Unilateral Defunding' Of CFPB

    The city of Baltimore sued Wednesday to block the Trump administration from defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, alleging the agency is in danger of being bled dry and left unable to protect city residents from financial abuse.

  • February 12, 2025

    House Republicans Launch Effort To Craft Data Privacy Law

    The Republican leaders of an influential House committee on Wednesday established a working group to draft privacy legislation that would be able to overcome hurdles that have long stymied efforts to set a national standard for how companies collect, use and share consumers' personal information. 

  • February 12, 2025

    Wells Fargo Cheated Seminole Trust Out Of $800M, Jury Hears

    Wells Fargo and its predecessor Wachovia cheated minors of the Seminole Tribe of Florida out of $818 million by secretly hiking fees and mismanaging investments in a multibillion-dollar gambling trust, a Florida jury heard Wednesday in opening statements for a multiweek trial in litigation involving more than 2,000 minors.

  • February 12, 2025

    EthereumMax Buyers Seek Cert. In Celeb Crypto Promos Suit

    A group of investors in crypto product EthereumMax have asked a federal judge in California to certify a class action accusing Floyd Mayweather Jr., Kim Kardashian and other celebrities of promoting the token, which allegedly was used in a pump-and-dump scheme.

  • February 12, 2025

    DOJ Removes For-Cause Protection For FTC, Other Agencies

    The U.S. Department of Justice has determined that for-cause removals for members of the Federal Trade Commission, National Labor Relations Board and Consumer Product Safety Commission are unconstitutional, acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris informed Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ranking Democrat of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter Wednesday.

Expert Analysis

  • The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule

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    Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.

  • The AI Consumer Class Action Threat Is Not A Hallucination

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    As regulators scrutinize whether businesses can deliver on claims about their artificial intelligence products and services, the industry faces a wave of consumer fraud class actions — but AI companies can protect themselves by prioritizing fundamental best practices that are often overlooked, say Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein and Richard Torrenzano at the Torrenzano Group.

  • Presidential Campaign Errors Provide Lessons For Trial Attys

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    Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign employed numerous strategies that evidently didn’t land, and trial attorneys should take note, because voters and jurors are both decision-makers who are listening for how one’s case presentation would affect them personally, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • The Do's And Don'ts Of Commercial Debt Under Calif. FDCPA

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    Lenders, servicers and attorneys collecting on their behalf should pay careful attention to the consumer protections under the newly expanded California Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that may apply going forward to some commercial debts, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

  • Series

    Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.

  • Video Privacy Law Claims After 2nd Circ. NBA Ruling

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    The Second Circuit's recent ruling in Salazar v. National Basketball Association expanded the definition of what constitutes a consumer under the Video Privacy Protection Act, breathing new life into the law by making any newsletter subscriber to a platform that hosts video content a potential plaintiff, say attorneys at Clark Hill.

  • Next Steps In The $2.8B Blue Cross Payout To Providers

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    Healthcare providers deciding whether to participate in Blue Cross Blue Shield network's recent $2.8 billion antitrust class action settlement must weigh key recovery factors, including provider type and litigation cost, say attorneys at Hall Render.

  • OCC Recovery Guidance Can Help Banks Bounce Back Better

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    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recently finalized recovery guidelines add to the constellation of exercises that larger banks must undertake, while also aiding information-gathering and preparedness efforts that can help prevent — or better manage — bank failures, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • EPA's New Lead Pipe Rule Leaves Key Questions Unanswered

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently released update to its Lead and Copper Rule is a major step forward in the elimination of lead from drinking water systems, but it lacks meaningful guidance on alternative materials, jurisdictional concerns, cost allocation and other topics, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.

  • What To Expect From State AGs As Federal Control Changes

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    Under the next Trump administration, Democratic attorneys general are poised to strengthen enforcement in certain areas as Republican attorneys general continue their efforts with stronger federal support — resulting in a confusing patchwork of policies that create unintended liabilities for businesses operating in multiple jurisdictions, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?

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    Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

  • 3 Policyholder Lessons From NY Bad Faith Ruling

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    A New York appellate court's recent decision finding that Rockefeller University alleged viable bad faith claims against its insurers reinforces the principle that insurers may not elevate their own economic interests over those of their insureds, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: November Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses six federal court decisions that touch on Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and when individual inquiries are needed to prove economic loss.

  • Trump's 2nd Term May Be A Boost To Banking Industry

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    President-elect Donald Trump's personnel appointments could be instrumental in reshaping the financial regulatory landscape during his second administration, likely allowing for greater merger activity and halting or undoing some of the Biden administration's more restrictive financial services policies, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Notable Q3 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    Total loss valuation cases and labor depreciation cases dominated the past quarter of insurance class actions, with courts continuing to reject challenges to condition adjustments in the former, and a pro-insured trend persisting in the latter, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

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