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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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February 15, 2019
Public Storage Class Ignoring Limits In $100M Suit, Judge Told
Counsel for Public Storage delivered closings Friday in a $100 million California bench trial over claims it tricked customers into buying insurance, arguing that customers' attorneys “have done nothing but flout” the judge’s order to stick to the one certified claim that it uniformly misleads customers.
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February 15, 2019
TCPA Challengers Can't Go Around Gov't, High Court Told
The federal government has jumped into a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the proper channel for challenging the Federal Communications Commission's reading of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, arguing that private litigants aren't allowed to go around the government to launch collateral attacks on the validity of agency orders.
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February 15, 2019
AbbVie, Eli Lilly Beat Insurer's RICO Suit in Testosterone MDL
An Illinois federal judge has entered judgment in favor of AbbVie and other makers of testosterone replacement drugs in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act suit brought by an insurer, saying there was no evidence the insurer was misled by the companies.
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February 15, 2019
3 Questions On EPA's New Water Contamination Action
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency studies the possibility of regulating the levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water, states, industry and the public are jostling for influence and preparing for potential new liability concerns in M&A and real estate transactions, as well as court fights over site cleanups.
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February 15, 2019
3M, Others Rip PFAS Suit Seeking To Represent 99% Of US
3M Co. and a group of companies told an Ohio federal court it should toss a suit filed over the potential threats posed by a group of substances called PFAS brought by a man who allegedly wants to represent a class encompassing 99 percent of the country.
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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