Consumer Protection

  • January 22, 2025

    Wyden Urges National Standard For Hemp Regulation

    Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., rallied on Wednesday for his bill that would beef up regulation of products with hemp-derived cannabinoids in order to protect consumers, particularly children.

  • January 22, 2025

    ACLU Says ICE Is Unlawfully Concealing Public Records

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unlawfully tapping a rule adopted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to shield records on detained immigrants who are being held in Michigan's local jails, the ACLU said in a complaint filed Wednesday.

  • January 21, 2025

    Ex-Meta COO Sanctioned For Deleting Cambridge Emails

    A Delaware Court of Chancery judge on Tuesday sanctioned Meta Platforms Inc.'s former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg in consolidated litigation over the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal, finding that she likely selectively deleted emails that related to the litigation.

  • January 21, 2025

    Key Justices Stay Quiet As High Court Weighs FCC Deference

    Several U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared open to giving district courts more leeway to review the Federal Communciations Commission's tome of regulations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, although the two justices expected to cast pivotal votes refrained from posing questions. 

  • January 21, 2025

    Citi Can't Escape NYAG's Wire Fraud Protection Suit

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday declined to free Citibank NA from a lawsuit filed by New York's attorney general, who accuses the bank of failing to protect and reimburse customers who have lost money to online wire fraud.

  • January 21, 2025

    Stanley Tumbler Lead Contamination Suit Gets Shelved

    A Washington federal judge has tossed a proposed class action against the maker of the popular "Stanley" tumbler for selling it without disclosing that it contained lead, saying the claims failed due to overly vague allegations of harm, but allowed the consumers to revise their lawsuit.

  • January 21, 2025

    Amazon Settles Consumer Suit Over Exploding Batteries

    Amazon.com Inc. has entered into a settlement resolving a proposed class action accusing the company of selling thousands of faulty lithium-ion batteries that were prone to explosions, according to a stipulation and order filed in Washington federal court Friday.

  • January 21, 2025

    BofA Sued Over Credit Card Rewards 'Bait And Switch'

    Bank of America has been hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court accusing it of failing to make good on a credit card reward bonus offer, an issue the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau previously warned banks about.

  • January 21, 2025

    Realogy Signs $20M Deal In TCPA Cold Calling Class Action

    Realogy and classes of individuals who allegedly received harassing phone calls from real estate agents in violation of federal telemarketing restrictions urged a California federal court to preliminarily bless their $20 million settlement, with Realogy saying Tuesday that the deal pays more than the classes' claims are worth.

  • January 21, 2025

    FCC Floats Rules For Emerging Flight Technologies

    The Federal Communications Commission wants to open the 450 megahertz band up to drones and manned aircraft that land and take off vertically and has proposed rules that will "facilitate the robust use of the band at a range of altitudes."

  • January 21, 2025

    SeaWorld Escapes New Trial Bid In Race Bias Case

    Parents who unsuccessfully sued SeaWorld claiming costumed performers at its Sesame Place park in Philadelphia discriminated against minority children by allegedly ignoring the children were denied a new trial, with a federal judge ruling Tuesday the parents offered "no substantive legal argument" supporting their claims.

  • January 21, 2025

    Trump EV Rollbacks Spell Regulatory Whiplash For Auto Cos.

    President Donald Trump's rollback of Biden administration policies intended to accelerate the U.S. auto industry's movement toward electric vehicles creates new uncertainties for a domestic EV supply chain that was already grappling with slowing consumer demand, experts say.

  • January 21, 2025

    Coinbase Asks 2nd Circ. To Settle Crypto Securities Question

    Coinbase has urged the Second Circuit to settle how securities laws apply to its crypto transactions, saying "there is no more pressing issue in securities law today" than determining the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to regulate digital assets.

  • January 21, 2025

    Brendan Carr Officially Takes Over As FCC Chair

    Brendan Carr took over as chair of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday, restoring Republican control of the agency as President Donald Trump kicked off his second term.

  • January 21, 2025

    FDA Says 3 States' Mifepristone Suit Can't Be In Texas

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has renewed its effort to dismiss three states' challenge of the agency's approval of abortion medication mifepristone, arguing that the states have no plausible connection to the Northern District of Texas.

  • January 21, 2025

    Block Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Cash App AML Protocols

    Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block Inc. touted its anti-money laundering protocols designed to prevent criminals from using Cash App and Square for illicit purposes, but in reality, the company's lack of even basic protocols created a "haven for criminal and illicit activities," a California federal lawsuit alleges.

  • January 21, 2025

    4 Plaintiffs' Firms Is Too Many, Chrysler Says In EV Class Suit

    Fiat Chrysler slammed an "extremely excessive" bid asking a Michigan federal court to appoint four law firms as plaintiffs' counsel in a suit accusing the automaker of selling electric vehicles with defective batteries, telling the court there was no way that many firms could be efficient.

  • January 21, 2025

    Lyft Driver Says Carjacking Suit Should've Settled Sooner

    A Lyft driver accused his insurer of violating Washington's Insurance Fair Conduct Act over his bid for uninsured motorist benefits following a carjacking, saying the insurer forced him to go to arbitration and win an over $1.1 million award rather than accept his earlier $1 million policy limit demands.

  • January 21, 2025

    Mondelez Fights Candy-Flavored Energy Drink Label Claims

    Snack giant Mondelez and the company behind Ghost energy drinks argued Tuesday that they should not have to face a proposed class action claiming they illegally market candy-flavored Ghost drinks toward kids because the label wouldn't dupe reasonable consumers.

  • January 21, 2025

    Ex-FCC Members Oppose 5th Circ. Universal Service Ruling

    A bipartisan group of eight former members of the Federal Communications Commission is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Fifth Circuit ruling that found the mechanism for funding the FCC's universal service subsidies unconstitutional.

  • January 21, 2025

    Colo. High Court Says Personal ID Theft Limited To People

    The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a charge of identity theft against a man convicted of running a fraudulent nursing class, saying that while parts of the state's identity theft statute can apply to businesses, the portion concerning personal identifying information applies only to individuals.

  • January 21, 2025

    Paul Hastings Repping TikTok Buyout Consortium

    Global law firm Paul Hastings LLP said Tuesday it is representing an American investor group, led by the founder of Employer.com, that has launched a formal bid to acquire the U.S. operations of TikTok.

  • January 21, 2025

    Stoel Rives Adds Tech, IP Partner From Stubbs Alderton

    Stoel Rives LLP has brought on the former chair of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP's trademark and brand protection practice and its privacy and data security practice as a partner in Sacramento, California.

  • January 21, 2025

    Amazon Says New Ruling Can't Save Price-Gouging Suit

    Amazon is looking to end an updated proposed class action alleging price-gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing the Washington Supreme Court's recent interpretation of a consumer protection law is not a green light for every plaintiff who bought any product on the platform in 2020, including non-essential goods.

  • January 21, 2025

    DOJ Fights Visa's Bid To Duck Monopoly Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice urged a New York federal court not to toss its case accusing Visa of illegally maintaining a monopoly over debit card networks, saying the company's dismissal bid misconstrues the law and wrongly tries to expand the market at issue.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Illinois Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    While the last quarter of 2024 didn't bring any notable state financial legislation, Illinois banks did see developments in the challenge to the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, and received some awaited guidance on credit line disclosures and bank-fintech relationships, say attorneys at Dykema.

  • Defense Strategies For Addressing Conspiracy-Minded Jurors

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    As conspiracy theories continue to proliferate and gain traction in the U.S., defense attorneys will need to consider ways to keep conspiracy-minded jurors from sitting on the jury, and to persuade them when this isn’t possible, say consultants at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • Trump, Tariffs And Tech: The Right To Repair In 2025

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    The "right-to-repair" movement has helped make it easier for independent repair shops and consumers to repair their devices and vehicles — but President-elect Donald Trump's complicated relationship with Big Tech, and his advocacy for increased tariffs, make the immediate future of the movement uncertain, say attorneys at Carter Ledyard.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok

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    Regardless of whether TikTok is forced to shut down in the U.S. in the coming weeks, legal disputes will continue over social media platforms' responsibility under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for harms allegedly caused by content shared on their apps, says Carla Varriale-Barker at Segal McCambridge.

  • Takeaways From DOJ, FTC End To Collaboration Guidelines

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    The Federal Trade Commission's and U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision to withdraw the guidelines for collaborations among competitors may reflect a desire for clearer parameters by emphasizing case law on specific ventures, but it also carries the potential to chill some future collaboration, say attorneys at Patterson Belknap.

  • 5 Privacy Law Trends That Will Continue In 2025

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    While preparing privacy programs for the year, companies should keep in mind several developments from 2024 that will carry over — namely, in the realm of artificial intelligence, passive data collection, combining data from multiple sources, privacy program expectations and managing vendors, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • When Judging Product Label Claims, Follow The Asterisk

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    A recurring question in false advertising class actions is whether misleading or ambiguous statements on a product's front label can be cured by information on the back label — but recent decisions from the Ninth Circuit suggest that a front-label asterisk can help alert consumers to seek further clarification, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Complying With Seasonal Product Labeling Requirements

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    Though the holiday season is in the rearview, many seasonal alcohol products remain in the market, and producers should ensure that their labels comply with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's additional requirements for such products, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Series

    NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    In 2024's final quarter, the New York State Department of Financial Services published guidance on mitigating the rising cybersecurity risks of artificial intelligence and remote technology workers with North Korean ties, and the state attorney general launched an antitrust investigation into Capital One's proposed Discover merger, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

  • How Trial Attys Can Wield Amended Federal Evidence Rules

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    Trial lawyers should assess recent amendments to four Federal Rules of Evidence and a newly enacted rule on illustrative aids to determine how to best use the rules to enhance pretrial discovery and trial strategy, says Stewart Edelstein, former litigation chair at Cohen & Wolf.

  • Series

    Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.

  • 5 Drug And Device Developments That Shaped 2024

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    The last year saw significant legal developments affecting drug and device manufacturers, with landmark decisions and regulatory changes that require vigilance and agility from the industry, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Takeaways From SEC's Mixed Results In '24 Crypto Litigation

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    Though the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new leadership seems likely to create a more favorable cryptocurrency regulatory environment, it must also confront the consequences of, and lingering questions raised by, the SEC's 2024 policy of investigating and charging cryptocurrency trading platforms for operating unregistered exchanges, say attorneys at Dechert.

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