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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • May 08, 2026

    Nike Customers Join Tariff Refund Class Action Trend

    A group of Nike customers on Friday joined the growing number of proposed class actions looking to secure legal rights to refunds of costs tied to President Donald Trump's now-invalidated global tariff regime, saying they were the ones who actually bore the costs.

  • May 08, 2026

    OCC Rules Spur 7th Circ. Remand In Ill. Swipe-Fee Fight

    The Seventh Circuit hit reset on Friday in a closely watched legal challenge to a pending Illinois law that bans swipe fees on taxes and tips, directing a lower court to take another look at the case in light of new federal rules declaring the restrictions preempted for many banks.

  • May 08, 2026

    Communal Streaming App Says IPhone Removal Monopolistic

    Communal video streaming app Rave has filed five separate lawsuits against Apple, including in a New Jersey federal court, accusing the technology giant of booting it from iPhones and Macs under pretextual claims of fraud and spreading malware, which the app says were invoked to protect Apple's SharePlay and its iPhone monopoly.

  • May 08, 2026

    Consumers Say Bank Can't Escape Fintech Collapse Suit

    Consumers who lost access to their funds following the 2024 collapse of fintech middleman Synapse Financial Technologies pushed back against an Arkansas bank's bid to escape a consolidated proposed class action, contending in Colorado federal court they sufficiently alleged fraud.

  • May 08, 2026

    Angi Says Texts No Longer Covered By TCPA

    Home services platform Angi Inc. told a federal judge as it seeks to toss an amended proposed class action that a text message isn't the same thing as a phone call under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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