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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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March 24, 2026
Meta Tackles Borrowed Underwear Analogy In Privacy Suit
A California federal judge mulling Meta's argument that its users' consent bars a proposed privacy class action pressed Meta's lawyers Tuesday on whether social expectations affect the bounds of that consent, observing that if she gave a friend permission to borrow her clothes, "I don't expect her to borrow my underwear."
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March 24, 2026
NY Regulator's Fintech Unit Chief Is Ex-BigLaw, CFPB Analyst
New York's financial services regulator announced Tuesday it has promoted one of its own to permanently head up its division responsible for licensing crypto firms and regulating fintech, a job formerly held by the agency's current acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow.
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March 24, 2026
Nicotine Pouch Maker To Refile FDA Suit In DC After Transfer
The maker and seller of Zone nicotine pouches on Tuesday dismissed its own lawsuit accusing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of unfairly holding up a market application for its product, promising to refile in D.C. federal court after a Texas federal court transferred it to South Carolina federal court.
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March 24, 2026
Iowa Asks 5th Circ. To Ax 'Uncertain' Schwab Antitrust Deal
Iowa's attorney general Monday pressed the Fifth Circuit to reject investors' deal with The Charles Schwab Corp. in an antitrust suit over its merger with TD Ameritrade, arguing it offers only uncertain and hypothetical relief to class members while giving named plaintiffs and class counsel a "windfall."
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March 24, 2026
Wayfair's 30-Day Return Policy Is Misleading, Shopper Says
Wayfair deploys a misleading 30-day return policy for merchandise sold on its website without conspicuously disclosing at the checkout page that some items are not returnable, leading shoppers to make their purchasing decisions under false impressions, according to a false advertising suit filed Monday in a California state court.
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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- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- 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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals