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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • September 25, 2026

    TikTok To Pay At Least $100M, Curb Teen Use In Alabama Deal

    TikTok agreed to pay at least $100 million and implement usage limits, age verification and other safety measures in a landmark settlement to resolve Alabama's claims the social media platform harmed children and misled users about its safety, the state's attorney general announced Friday.

  • September 25, 2026

    Corteva Will Pay $35M To Resolve FTC Pesticide Rebate Case

    Corteva Inc. has agreed to pay $35 million to put to rest allegations from the Federal Trade Commission and a slew of states that the pesticide-maker blocked competition from generic rivals through the use of loyalty rebates, according to a motion filed in North Carolina federal court Friday.

  • September 25, 2026

    Ore. Judge Rejects CFPB Funding Cutoff Theory

    An Oregon federal judge ruled Friday that the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot refuse to replenish the agency's funding, handing the Trump administration another loss on a now-suspended policy that almost shuttered the consumer watchdog last year. 

  • September 25, 2026

    Astrana Health Reveals Spoofing Attack Targeting Private Data

    An Astrana Health unit was the target of a "series" of social engineering cyberattacks in which hackers impersonated the company's employees to gain access to systems that contained private and confidential information about patients and others, the healthcare provider disclosed in a recent regulatory filing. 

  • September 25, 2026

    Kraft Heinz Must Face Cheesecake Snack Label Deception Suit

    Kraft Heinz Foods Co. LLC must face a group of customers' proposed class claim that the company deceives consumers by making its Philadelphia Cheesecake Crumble snack with synthetic lactic acid despite its label claiming the product is free of artificial preservatives, an Illinois federal judge ruled.

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