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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • October 05, 2026

    NJ Panel Tosses Geofence Warrant, Upending Robbery Case

    A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that police were incorrectly granted a geofence warrant because their application failed to establish a "nexus" between a string of gas station robberies and a potential suspect's cellphone location data.

  • October 05, 2026

    Justices Skip American Airlines Teen In-Flight Death Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a case from the family of a 14-year-old teenager who died of cardiac arrest on board an American Airlines flight, which sought clarity on what's considered an accident under the Montreal Convention.

  • October 05, 2026

    Casinos Lose Bid For 3rd Circ. Redo In Room-Pricing Suit

    Atlantic City casino-hotels could not get the Third Circuit to go back on reviving a proposed class action accusing them of a price-fixing scheme for hotel rooms, according to a court order.

  • October 05, 2026

    Renters Seek Class Cert. For RealPage Antitrust Suit

    A proposed class of renters asked a Tennessee federal court to certify it for its antitrust claims, saying property management software company RealPage Inc. allowed multifamily landlords to use its revenue management products for rent price-fixing.

  • October 05, 2026

    11th Circ. Won't Revive Carnival Cruise Jacuzzi Hatch Fall Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit won't reinstate a cruise passenger's suit against Carnival Corp. alleging she fell down a jacuzzi maintenance hatch while aboard a 2024 cruise, saying she failed to show the cruise line had any constructive notice of the danger.

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Consumer Protection

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