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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • August 07, 2026

    Mass. Judge Lets Early-Decision Antitrust Suit Proceed

    A Massachusetts federal judge refused Friday to let 32 elite universities duck a proposed class action alleging they used the early-decision admissions process as an anticompetitive scheme to raise tuition, even as she dismissed the consortium and the two college application providers that allegedly facilitated the scheme from the suit.

  • August 07, 2026

    Bipartisan Sens. Float Bill On Small Biz Cybersecurity Tools

    A bipartisan bill Senate lawmakers introduced Friday aimed at protecting small businesses from threats to their networks would require the U.S. Government Accountability Office to develop a report informing small business owners what federal cybersecurity tools and programs are available to them.

  • August 07, 2026

    CFTC Warns Gambling-Style Prices Mislead Contracts Traders

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Friday told prediction markets under its supervision that they must display clear pricing information for event contracts, warning such entities that they cannot list prices in ways that look like gambling odds.

  • August 07, 2026

    OCC Denies EU Fintech's Charter Bid Over 'Significant' Gaps

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has denied European digital bank Bunq's application to charter a U.S. bank, citing "significant" concerns around the financial resources, business plan and managerial competence of the proposed offshoot.

  • August 07, 2026

    7th Circ. Upholds Samsung Win In Biometric Privacy Suit

    The Seventh Circuit on Friday declined to disturb a lower court's dismissal of a proposed biometric privacy class action from Samsung phone and tablet users, ruling the users hadn't plausibly alleged that Samsung has their data.

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