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Consumer Protection

  • June 10, 2025

    Class Decertified In Hill's Prescription Pet Food Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has decertified a class of pet food buyers alleging that Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. misled them into thinking its "prescription" pet food was necessary medicine, saying a recent summary judgment renders the plaintiffs' damages model inadequate for certification.

  • June 10, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Delaware's Court of Chancery showed new resistance to suits alleging corporate weaponizing of advance notice bylaws, and a new report highlighted the high fees that attorneys are cashing in on in Delaware courts compared to the federal court system. Several new suits were also filed concerning allegedly under- or overvalued sales and acquisitions being pushed through.

  • June 10, 2025

    Amazon Can't Fully Escape Waist Trainer Skin Rash Suit

    A California federal judge declined to fully dismiss a proposed class action against Amazon.com alleging it sold waist trainers that left users with skin injuries and rashes, saying they adequately claimed there is a defect in the products that the company failed to warn them about.

  • June 09, 2025

    Bedoya Exits FTC, But Keeps Up Legal Fight Against Trump

    Alvaro M. Bedoya, one of two Democratic Federal Trade Commission members fired by President Donald Trump, gave notice Monday of his formal resignation in order to pursue other work, but emphasized that he is not dropping his lawsuit against the president.

  • June 09, 2025

    OCC Rebuffs State Bankers' Call To Rescind Preemption Rules

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Monday that it is standing by its regulations that purport to exempt banks it oversees from a swath of state-law limitations, swatting down a request from state regulators that want these rules overturned.

  • June 09, 2025

    SEC's Atkins Floats 'Innovation Exemption' For Crypto

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said Monday that he's directed agency staff to mull rulemaking that would protect developers of decentralized finance platforms and enable registered firms to interact with their "DeFi" systems, including through a potential "innovation exemption" framework.

  • June 09, 2025

    Trading Platform Faces Class Action Over Unsolicited Texts

    Algo Exchange, a company offering automated trading algorithms that predict the futures market, was hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court on Monday over its alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

  • June 09, 2025

    蜜桃视频 Will Move Ahead With Rest Of Calif. Debt Relief Suit

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a California federal court on Monday that its new Trump-appointed leadership has decided to proceed with a debt relief services enforcement lawsuit that was paused after control of the agency changed hands in February.

  • June 09, 2025

    Nev. Dem Threatens To Block Commerce Picks Over BEAD

    A Nevada senator derided the U.S. Department of Commerce's overhaul of the government's $42.5 billion broadband deployment program and threatened to put a Senate hold on some of President Donald Trump's agency nominees until her state's federal funding is restored.

  • June 09, 2025

    EchoStar Questions FCC Process In SpaceX, VTel Fight

    EchoStar said the Federal Communications Commission should not be "pulling the rug out from" under it as it fights to keep the spectrum rights it got from T-Mobile, arguing that it was being unfairly singled out by SpaceX and VTel, who want the commission to review the buildout of Dish's network.

  • June 09, 2025

    Match Group Settles FTC's Fake-Unsubscribe Suit

    The Federal Trade Commission and Match Group Inc. settled an unfair trade practices suit at the eleventh hour on what would have been the first day of trial in Texas federal court Monday, ending claims that Match Group tricked customers into thinking they had unsubscribed when they hadn't.

  • June 09, 2025

    DOJ's KKR Suit Turning M&A 'Into A Trap,' PE Group Says

    A private equity trade group is seeking to back KKR's bid to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit seeking fines that could top $650 million for allegedly hiding key documentation and entire transactions from merger notification, arguing that enforcers are trying to create a brand new requirement for "perfect" filings.

  • June 09, 2025

    Chancery Tosses Suit For $7.2B Squarespace Sale Docs

    Shareholders of website builder Squarespace Inc. lost a suit Monday seeking more records on events leading up to the company's $7.2 billion take-private deal with private equity giant Permira Advisors LLC, despite an acknowledged "proper purpose" for the inquiry.

  • June 09, 2025

    Speaker Johnson Defends AI Moratorium In Reconciliation Bill

    House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., gave a full-throated defense on Monday of the AI moratorium included in the House's version of the budget reconciliation bill, which has drawn bipartisan criticism.

  • June 09, 2025

    FCC Says Power Cos. Can Call Customers About Usage

    The Federal Communications Commission ruled Monday that power companies are free to call or text customers who have supplied their telephone numbers to inform them about so-called "demand management" programs aimed at cutting usage during peak hours.

  • June 09, 2025

    Hemp Vape Makers, Sellers Fight RICO Claims In Delta-9 Suit

    Several hemp vape makers and sellers are urging a Georgia federal court to throw out a woman's proposed class action alleging they conspired to sell vapes with delta-9 THC levels above legal thresholds, saying her complaint fails to back up her claims and conflates manufacturers and retailers.

  • June 09, 2025

    FCC Affirms $2.4M Fine For Miami DJ's 'Pirate Radio'

    The Federal Communications Commission affirmed a nearly $2.4 million fine against a Miami-area DJ for operating an alleged illegal "pirate radio" in 2023, finding that he disregarded previous calls to stop unauthorized radio operations in the past.

  • June 09, 2025

    Meta Exploited Android Defect To Gather Users' Info, Suit Says

    Meta and Alphabet were hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Friday alleging Android vulnerabilities allowed the Facebook operator to de-anonymize users' web browsing history, following a similar suit filed against Meta last week.

  • June 09, 2025

    Landlord Ghosted Ex-Yankee Who Cried Foul On Mold, Jury Told

    A retired New York Yankees third baseman wants a Connecticut landlord to pay damages for a moldy Greenwich mansion he rented for $55,000 per month in 2022, saying he was justified in severing the lease when remediation efforts failed and his then-pregnant fianc茅e and 17-month-old daughter fell ill.

  • June 09, 2025

    MoneyLion Must Wait To Challenge 蜜桃视频's Fed Funding

    A New York federal judge has said that while MoneyLion may challenge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding as a defense to an enforcement lawsuit, the fintech must first answer the agency's allegations that it overcharged service members.

  • June 09, 2025

    Micron Spread 'Xenophobic Lies,' Rival's False Ad Suit Says

    Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. has slapped Micron Technology and lobbying firm DCI Group AZ LLC with a false advertising lawsuit in D.C. federal court claiming the U.S. rival and DCI Group spread "xenophobic lies" that its chips can be used to spy on Americans at the Chinese government's behest.

  • June 09, 2025

    Justices Urged To Keep Pause On 'Breakneck' Gov't Overhaul

    The U.S. Supreme Court should leave in place a California federal judge's order barring implementation of layoffs and reorganizations at various federal departments and agencies, several unions and nonprofits argued Monday, claiming a decision allowing the changes would irreversibly harm the federal government and render Congress and the judiciary powerless.

  • June 09, 2025

    Fruits, Veggies Supplement Label Isn't Deceiving, Judge Says

    An Illinois consumer who says Balance of Nature misrepresents its dietary supplements' nutritional value cannot pursue legal claims over the assertion because he's reading too much into the product label, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.

  • June 09, 2025

    Disney Settles Antitrust Suit Over ESPN Streaming Fees

    Disney has settled a sprawling antitrust lawsuit with consumers over the fees in its ESPN livestreaming carriage agreements.

  • June 09, 2025

    Southwest Beats Customers' 737 Max Overcharge Suit

    A Texas federal judge said Monday that consumers claiming Southwest Airlines overcharged them for riskier flights on Boeing 737 Max 8 jets didn't even fly on the Max aircraft and failed to plausibly allege any concrete injuries, so they have no standing to sue.

Expert Analysis

  • Justices' TikTok Ruling May Pose Threat To Online Expression

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent landmark ruling upholding a federal law mandating TikTok's forced divestiture in the name of data security may embolden digital censorship agendas worldwide, says IP lawyer Bahram Jafari.

  • Assessing PE Risk After Mass. False Claims Act Amendments

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    A law recently passed in Massachusetts amends the commonwealth's False Claims Act by dramatically expanding potential liability for private equity firms and investors, underscoring the importance of robust diligence and risk assessments for private equity firms conducting transactions in the commonwealth, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    In a continuation of trends in property and casualty insurance class actions, last quarter insurers struggled with defending the merits and class certification of sales tax and fee suits, and labor depreciation cases, but succeeded in dismissing privacy class actions at the pleading stages, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.

  • The Current And Future State Of Bank-Fintech Partnerships

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    Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Donald Trump seems likely to cultivate an environment friendlier to the financial services industry, bank-fintech partnerships should stay devoted to proactive compliance and be ready to adapt to regulatory shifts that may intensify scrutiny from enforcers, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Evidence Rule May Expand Use Of Out-Of-Court Statements

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    A proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) would broaden the definition of nonhearsay, reflects a more pragmatic approach to regulating the admissibility of out-of-court statements by declarant-witnesses, and could help level the playing field between prosecutors and criminal defendants, say attorneys at Hangley Aronchick.

  • How The AI Antitrust Landscape Might Evolve Under Trump

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    The Trump administration's early actions around artificial intelligence and antitrust policy, along with statements from competition regulators, suggest that the AI competition landscape may see reduced scrutiny around acquisitions, but not an entirely hands-off enforcement approach,聽say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes 鈥 complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • Questions Remain After Justices' Narrow E-Rate FCA Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 recent decision in Wisconsin Bell, holding that requests for reimbursement from the Federal Communications Commission's E-Rate program are subject to False Claims Act liability, resolves one important question but leaves several others open, says Jason Neal at HWG.

  • Opinion

    At 100, Federal Arbitration Act Is Used To Thwart Justice

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    The centennial of the Federal Arbitration Act, a law intended to streamline dispute resolution in commercial agreements, is an opportunity to reflect on its transformation from a tool of fairness into a corporate shield that impedes the right to a fair trial, says Lori Andrus at the American Association for Justice.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch鈥檚 authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • The Math Of Cross-Examination: Less Is More, More Is Less

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    When conducting cross-examination at trial, attorneys should remember that 鈥渓ess is more, and more is less鈥 鈥 limiting both the scope of questioning and the length of each query in order to control the witness鈥檚 testimony and keep the factfinders鈥 attention, says Thomas Innes at the Defender Association of Philadelphia.

  • Short-Term Predictions For The 蜜桃视频's Fate Under Trump

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    Though the Trump administration is unlikely to succeed in abolishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, new leadership will likely moderate enforcement, possibly prompting state attorneys general to step up supervision, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    鈥淣o comment鈥 is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • A Closer Look At FDX's New Role As Banking Standard-Setter

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    Should the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau let 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧媠tand the decision empowering Financial Data Exchange as an industry standard-setter, it will be a significant step toward broader financial data-sharing, but its success will depend on industry adoption, regulatory oversight and consumer confidence, say attorneys at Clark Hill.

  • What To Expect In Crypto Banking After SEC Nixed Guidance

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    With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently rescinding its controversial cryptocurrency accounting guidance, the industry's focus will turn to the potentially significant hurdle to crypto banking posed by the federal banking regulators, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

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