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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • October 06, 2026

    Nike Loses Bid To End Suit Over Misleading Email Promos

    Nike Inc. must face a proposed class action claiming it spammed customers' inboxes with emails containing misleading subject lines about discount deals that have no expiration dates, as a Washington state judge on Monday rejected Nike's argument that the plaintiff fails to adequately allege the emails were false.

  • October 06, 2026

    CFTC Eases Conversion Of Certain Contracts To Perpetuals

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission took another step toward widening the field of perpetual contracts by easing the way for platforms to convert certain existing contracts tracking security indices into true perpetual futures.

  • October 06, 2026

    Amazon Shoppers' Tariff Refund Suits Sent To Seattle As MDL

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has centralized a series of proposed class actions accusing Amazon of denying online shoppers tariff refunds, sending lawsuits filed in Florida, Michigan, New York and Ohio to Washington federal court for coordinated proceedings.

  • October 06, 2026

    Flock, Colo. Towns Violated Residents' Privacy, Suit Says

    Flock's mass surveillance system and two Colorado towns invaded individuals' constitutional right to privacy by tracking their movements without consent and failing to employ safeguards for law enforcement using the technology, alleges a proposed class action filed in Colorado federal court.

  • October 06, 2026

    Apple AirTag Stalking Defect Suits Get Consolidated In Calif.

    The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has sent nearly three dozen lawsuits alleging Apple Inc. defectively designed AirTags that were susceptible to abuse by stalkers to California's Northern District in a ruling that compared the cases to coordinated multidistrict litigation against Uber Technologies Inc. over driver sexual assaults.

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