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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • August 13, 2026

    Fla. Law Firm Cost Bank's $134M BP Oil Spill Claim, Suit Says

    An Ohio bank holding company has sued a Florida law firm in Ohio federal court for more than $134 million in damages, alleging the firm missed key filing deadlines while representing the bank in litigation tied to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, costing the bank its chance to recover millions in losses.

  • August 13, 2026

    Walmart Fights Black Atty's Theft Accusation In Bias Suit

    Walmart has told a Georgia federal court its employees didn't accuse a Wisconsin attorney of theft during a self-checkout transaction because she's Black, but that the customer was asked to move registers because she had incorrectly scanned her items.

  • August 13, 2026

    Lilly Claims 6 Vendors Illegally Sold Obesity Drug Candidate

    Eli Lilly & Co. hit a medical spa business, compounding pharmacy and a group of chemical suppliers with claims they're illegally selling an obesity drug candidate Lilly is researching, telling California and Texas federal courts the alleged "black market" sales threaten public health.

  • August 13, 2026

    3 Ways The SEC's Retail Fraud Reboot Raises The Bar

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent revival of the retail fraud working group with an expanded mandate, scope and experienced senior leadership points to a stronger incarnation of the task force with concrete implications for firms managing retail-accessible alternative investments, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • August 13, 2026

    CFPB Brass Accused Of 'Sham' Probe Of Union Leader

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is conducting a "sham" investigation into an employee who is active in the staff's union, the union's president said, taking the agency's new leader to task for its probe of the data scientist and National Treasury Employees Union local activist.

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Consumer Protection

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