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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • October 19, 2026

    Puerto Rico Towns Say Climate Suit Deadline Creates 'Trap'

    Puerto Rico municipalities have told the First Circuit that a lower court dismissing as untimely their antitrust and racketeering lawsuit saying energy companies concealed the climate change dangers of fossil fuel products "presents a trap" for any such claims.

  • October 19, 2026

    Prior 5th Amendment Pleadings Complicate Mylan Testimony

    Mylan can use deposition testimony from one current and one former executive in next year's price-fixing trial, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Friday, but state attorneys general can bring up the company "pulling the strings" in the witnesses' decision to testify after originally invoking the Fifth Amendment.

  • October 19, 2026

    Intel Seeks FCC Waiver For Vehicles Used In Chip Plants

    Intel Corp. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to exempt certain automated vehicles used in its chip-making process from an FCC restriction on foreign-made robotic devices.

  • October 19, 2026

    BofA Sued After $1.2B Fine For AML Compliance Gaps

    Following a $1.2 billion fine from the U.S. Department of the Treasury for anti-money laundering and financial-crime compliance system failures, Bank of America has been hit with a class action over similar claims, including that it failed to monitor more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions.

  • October 19, 2026

    BofA Pushes To Dodge Renewed Military Interest Claims

    Bank of America urged a North Carolina federal judge to reject military service members' attempt to revive dismissed claims asserting that its credit card practices violated lending protections, arguing that they misinterpret the law.

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