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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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April 01, 2026
Robinhood Sues Wash. To Protect Prediction Market Biz
Robinhood has launched a federal lawsuit seeking to shield itself from potential Washington state enforcement action over its prediction market offerings in the wake of Attorney General Nick Brown's Friday announcement that he's going after Kalshi for allegedly breaking Evergreen State gambling laws.
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April 01, 2026
Ill. Judge Tosses 'Half-Baked' Nestle Chocolate Labeling Suit
A Nestle consumer cannot pursue false labeling accusations over the "100% real chocolate" claim on the company's chocolate chip bags because her complaint is "half-baked" and contradicts the widespread understanding that chocolate is made from more than cacao bean-based ingredients, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.
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April 01, 2026
Perplexity AI Hands User Info To Google And Meta, Suit Says
Perplexity shares users of its AI machine's most personal questions and conversational dialogues — which could include mental and physical health issues and legal advice — with Meta and Google, which exploit the information for profit and targeted advertising purposes, alleges a proposed class action filed Monday in California federal court.
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April 01, 2026
CFPB Seeks Green Light To Shed Half Of Staff In New Plan
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked the D.C. Circuit to let it proceed with a new plan to lay off roughly half of its remaining staff, arguing this latest downsizing proposal moots concerns that led to a lower-court injunction freezing efforts to slash its workforce.
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April 01, 2026
US Bank Beats 'Highly Offensive' Meta Pixel Tracking Suit
U.S. Bancorp escaped a suit calling its use of Meta's Pixel a "highly offensive" intrusion that shares bank website user information with Meta without users' consent, with a Minnesota federal judge ruling the plaintiff does not specify what information he shared with the bank or how it was used.
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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