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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • July 29, 2026

    Albertsons Pharmacy Work Was 'House Of Cards,' Judge Told

    Albertsons pharmacists in Washington state repeatedly warned supervisors that busy workloads and limited staffing were making it difficult to review prescriptions before filling them, a state judge in Seattle heard Monday, during a bench trial in Washington's case accusing Albertsons and its Safeway subsidiary of fueling the state's opioid crisis.

  • July 29, 2026

    Meta's View Of 'Problematic Use' Has Holes, Ex-Exec Testifies

    A former Facebook safety executive testified Wednesday in Tennessee's trial against Meta over youth mental health that Meta's definition of "problematic use" of apps is deficient and suffers from a lack of data.

  • July 29, 2026

    Split 10th Circ. Revives Class Bid In 'Safer' Cig False Ad Suit

    A divided Tenth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a lower court should not have denied class certification to consumers who claimed Santa Fe Natural Tobacco falsely implied its Natural American Spirit cigarettes were safer than others, saying the court erroneously rejected their damages model as common proof of causation and damages.

  • July 29, 2026

    CFTC Must 'Start Afresh' On Prediction Market Regs, States Say

    A group of 44 attorneys general warned the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to "start afresh" on its proposed rule for prediction markets or risk treading on state authority over gambling, while prediction market platforms backed the rule's plan to permit many sports-focused event contracts.

  • July 29, 2026

    Trail Cam Co. Says T-Mobile Broke Tech Migration Promises

    T-Mobile is trying to plow forward with a plan to shift Tactacam-branded "trail cameras" that operate on cellular networks to a new technology even though all the tests have failed, which could make millions of cams useless, according to the company that owns those cameras.

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