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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • June 12, 2026

    5 Things To Know About Trump's Latest CFPB Nominee

    President Donald Trump's newest pick for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director has spent years sketching out a conservative vision for the agency that he could soon run, one that emphasizes minimalist rules, legal restraint and administrative procedure.

  • June 12, 2026

    'Poor Lawyering': Walmart Flub Haunts Class Attys At 9th Circ.

    Amid warnings of a chilling effect on plaintiffs counsel, a Ninth Circuit panel Friday scrutinized six-figure sanctions against attorneys whose false advertising suit targeting Walmart Inc. collapsed because of crucial fine print in an avocado oil receipt.

  • June 12, 2026

    State Privacy & AI Watch: 4 Legislative Developments To Know

    States are continuing to keep the heat on how companies are using a wide range of consumer data and artificial intelligence models, with Connecticut enacting new laws in both arenas and one Midwest locale eyeing what could become the nation's most stringent AI auditing rules.

  • June 12, 2026

    Google Sues Phishing Ring Over Using AI To Build Scam Sites

    Google sued a Chinese cybercrime operation in New York federal court Friday, alleging the group has created "plug-and-play" phishing software that uses Google's Gemini and other artificial intelligence tools to help scammers quickly build scam websites, which have already been used to defraud over 100,000 victims.

  • June 12, 2026

    Gensler Tells 6th Circ. 'Sports Bets Aren't Swaps'

    Former Wall Street regulator Gary Gensler told the appeals court overseeing Kalshi's prediction market battle with Ohio regulators that Congress didn't intend for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to become a nationwide sports betting regulator when it drafted swaps laws during his chairmanship of the agency.

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