/consumerprotection?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Consumer Protection Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:56:47 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372541?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372541 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that it plans to ramp up its internal use of artificial intelligence tools with a new task force led by a veteran staffer who's recently led the agency's fintech efforts. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:45:42 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372423?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372423 A Pennsylvania federal court has given its final approval to a $6.8 million settlement of data breach claims against now-bankrupt Rite Aid Corp., including $2.4 million in fees for attorneys from Ahdoot & Wolfson PC, Shub Johns & Holbrook LLP, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Laukaitis Law LLC and Hausfeld LLP. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:26:13 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372232?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372232 The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action against Luli Fama and various social media influencers for failing to disclose the influencers' endorsements of the brand's swimwear products were paid, saying the lower court rightly found the plaintiff failed to allege fraud with the necessary particularity. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:03:46 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372041?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372041 In the latest legal skirmish between former law partners Andrew Garza and Ryan McKeen following the dissolution of Connecticut Trial Firm LLC, Garza's new firm on Friday asked a Connecticut state court to pause unfair trade practices claims brought against it by McKeen's new firm, arguing that the complaint is an attempt to circumvent arbitration stays. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:49:49 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372534?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372534 Massachusetts' highest court on Friday concluded that landlords cannot ding a tenant's security deposit for normal wear and tear like scuffs on walls, nor can they force a tenant to pay for professional cleanings during a moveout. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:23:39 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372225 Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants aboard the 737 Max 9 jet that experienced a midair door plug blowout have sued jet-maker Boeing in Washington state court alleging the harrowing January 2024 incident left them with physical and mental injuries, including severe emotional distress. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:15:46 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2371969?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2371969 A New Mexico federal judge gave an initial OK to two settlements between a class of dairy farmers and two national milk cooperatives dropping price-fixing claims in exchange for $34.4 million and an end to the alleged scheme. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:12:32 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372447?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372447 A quartet of Senate Democrats called Friday for the U.S. Department of Justice's internal watchdog to look for "improper business and political considerations" in the settlement permitting Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:45:07 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372395?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372395 Consumers urged a Washington federal judge on Friday to certify a class of nearly 300 million in a sweeping antitrust case against Amazon, contending they all paid inflated prices because the e-commerce giant forced an "anti-discount policy" on merchants and monitored marketplace rates to ensure compliance. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:20:53 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372470?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372470 A bipartisan pair of lawmakers filed a bill Thursday to ensure the Federal Communications Commission keeps tabs on the accuracy of broadband maps used to pinpoint where funding is needed for high-speed internet service. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:01:39 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2371967?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2371967 U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is floating a proposal that would require TikTok to be transparent about how it displays content and limit foreign access to user data in order to allow the app to escape a legislative mandate to cut ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:38:54 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372192?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372192 A cannabis company in the process of going out of business cannot rely on a state court receivership to shield it from creditors in other states and the owners of shuttered Norwood Hospital can't renew an expired permit issued to bankrupt Steward Health. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:25:20 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2371427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2371427 The U.S. Department of Justice's recently effective data security requirements carry profound implications for how healthcare providers collect, store, share and use data — and approach vendor oversight — that go far beyond the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, say attorneys at Nelson Mullins. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:15:37 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372446?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372446 The University of Utah has received special dispensation to use spectrum set aside for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service for its "valuable, innovative research," the Federal Communications Commission revealed. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:04:11 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372193?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372193 The Federal Communications Commission might have been "excessively, and perhaps unintentionally, stringent" when it was drafting the new rules for undersea cables, a trade group told the agency, particularly when it comes to character disqualifications. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:47:22 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372205 A Michigan federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by two students claiming their Michigan State University professor should be liable for charging them a $99 course fee that she used to fund her political activism, saying the students were given a refund and the fee was not "compelled speech." Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:44:43 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372349?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372349 Google asked the Ninth Circuit for an emergency administrative pause Friday on its looming deadline to open up the Play Store to alternative app distribution, saying it needs breathing room before it can formally seek a pause after the appellate court upheld Epic Games' landmark antitrust win. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:40:07 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372245?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372245 Consumer advocates urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject changes floated by banking groups to rules for revoking consumer consent to receive calls and texts, saying they would cause confusion and make it harder to block unwanted contacts. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:30:27 +0000 /consumerprotection/articles/2372266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /consumerprotection/articles/2372266 Cargill Inc. accused a Chubb unit of failing to cover contaminated batches of ice cream and other food products that caused roughly $170 million in losses, telling a Pennsylvania state court that though the unit "may" rely on a pollution exclusion, an exception in the provision would restore coverage.