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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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April 11, 2025
SEC Digs Into Policing Crypto Trading At Roundtable
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's acting chairman said Friday the agency should consider granting temporary regulatory relief for crypto firms while the agency crafts long-term solutions to oversee digital asset markets, one of many ideas discussed during a roundtable on tailoring regulation to crypto trading.
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April 11, 2025
9th Circ. Revives AirDoctor's $2.5M Damages Bid In TM Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Friday revived AirDoctor's request for $2.5 million in damages after scoring default judgment against a competitor in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case over replacement air filters, noting the plaintiff isn't barred from actual damages just because it didn't seek a specific amount in its complaint.
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April 11, 2025
Ireland Probes X's Use Of Public Posts To Train AI Tool Grok
Ireland's data protection authority said Friday that it is forging ahead with an investigation into whether efforts by the Elon Musk-owned social media platform X to train its artificial intelligence model Grok on personal data lifted from public posts complied with the European Union's data protection rules.
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April 11, 2025
CFPB To Pull Medical Debt Opinion, May Ax Nonbank Registry
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday that it will scrap recent guidance aimed at reining in medical debt collectors and may close out its new national nonbank enforcement registry, extending the agency's pullback from its Biden-era policies.
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April 11, 2025
CFPB Cuts Loose Comerica Suit After Missing Filing Deadline
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday dismissed at least for now its suit against Comerica Bank in Texas federal court that accused the bank of mismanaging a government benefit card program after missing a filing deadline and losing out on a bid to have the action stayed.
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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- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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