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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • March 11, 2026

    Grammarly Hit With Class Action Over 'Expert Review' AI Tool

    An investigative journalist hit Grammarly's owner with a proposed class action in New York federal court Wednesday, alleging its AI-powered "Expert Review" writing tool misappropriates the names, likenesses and identities of well-known writers and public figures and "involuntarily conscripted" them into serving as Grammarly's unpaid experts.

  • March 11, 2026

    Md. Gov't Agencies Oppose Talkie's FCC Preemption Bid

    A Maryland-based internet service provider was not up front with the Federal Communications Commission about the details surrounding a permitting dispute when it came to the agency to ask it to preempt local regulations and allow it to move forward with a new utility pole and attachments without them, an Old Line State county says.

  • March 11, 2026

    Uber Must Fork Over Internal Docs In FTC Subscription Fight

    A California magistrate judge ordered Uber to produce numerous internal documents to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday in litigation accusing the ride-share giant of enrolling consumers into its paid subscription service without consent, after the FTC accused the company of stonewalling discovery and producing only 72 documents totaling 179 pages.

  • March 11, 2026

    Mitsubishi Calls Engine Emissions Class Action A Nonstarter

    Mitsubishi wants to flush a Washington resident's putative class action accusing the business of dodging federal emissions regulations for marine engines, telling a Seattle federal judge Tuesday the suit is founded on federal Clean Air Act claims that only the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can enforce.

  • March 11, 2026

    Fidelity Gets Initial OK On $2.5 Million Data Breach Deal

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval to Fidelity Investments' $2.5 million deal to end a putative class action claiming the financial services giant didn't protect the personal information of more than 155,000 account holders during a "preventable" 2024 data breach.

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