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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • August 31, 2026

    AGs, WGA Slam Paramount's Bid For $1.9B Merger Suit Bond

    The Writers Guild of America and Democratic attorneys general urged a California federal judge Monday to reject Paramount Skydance Corp.'s bid to make them put up a $1.9 billion bond, saying it was the studio's idea to pause closing its planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.

  • August 31, 2026

    Calif. Passes Bills To Limit Tracking Suits, Boost Privacy

    California lawmakers have sent to the governor's desk legislation that would block private litigants from bringing website tracking lawsuits under a key provision of the state's wiretap law, as well as a separate pair of bills to expand protections under the state's data privacy law. 

  • August 31, 2026

    Valve's 15K Antitrust Arbitrations Will Stay On Ice, Judge Says

    Arbitrations between gaming giant Valve Corp. and nearly 15,000 gamers will remain paused as the Ninth Circuit weighs whether the antitrust disputes are eligible for arbitration under the company's updated subscriber terms, according to a bench ruling Monday from a Seattle federal judge.

  • August 31, 2026

    6th Circ. Splits On Tenn. Social Media Age-Verification Law

    A split Sixth Circuit panel said a lower court should have blocked Tennessee's age-verification law for social media platforms while an internet industry group challenged the statute, finding the group had shown it would be harmed by compliance costs and the loss of free speech liberties.

  • August 31, 2026

    Tesla Asks 9th Circ. To Decertify 'Full Self-Driving' Ad Class

    Tesla urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to decertify classes of Tesla buyers who accuse the company of making false and deceptive promises about the capabilities of their "self-driving" electric vehicles, arguing that there's no proof showing all class members viewed the alleged misstatement at issue on Tesla's webpage.

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