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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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April 17, 2026
Nexstar-Tegna Deal Blocked Amid DirecTV, AGs' Challenge
A California federal judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction barring, for now, the $6.2 billion merger of broadcast giants Nexstar and Tegna, ruling that state attorneys general and DirecTV are likely to prevail in proving that the deal is anticompetitive and will harm consumers as well as distributors.
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April 17, 2026
State Privacy & AI Watch: 4 Legislative Developments To Know
The state data privacy law landscape continues to grow, with Alabama becoming the latest to join the fray and Kentucky moving to expand the types of sensitive data covered by its existing statute, although one state's legislature that had been pushing to enact what would have been one of the strictest frameworks in the nation adjourned for the year without finishing.
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April 17, 2026
Security Camera Co. Tracks, Shares Website Activity, Suit Says
Home security camera company Wyze has been sued in Washington federal court for allegedly tracking and sharing the activity of people who visit its website with social media companies like TikTok and Meta, even if they reject all nonessential cookies.
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April 17, 2026
'Constantly Shifting': Judge Rips Musk, OpenAI As Trial Nears
A California federal judge Friday appeared frustrated with Elon Musk and OpenAI ahead of trial over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity, criticizing the parties' "constantly shifting" positions and doubting whether she has the authority to grant the relief Musk requested.
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April 17, 2026
Where Cables Were Cut, AT&T Wants Be Done With Copper
There are hundreds of places all over the country where AT&T's copper phone lines have been disrupted, either by accident, theft or natural disaster, and it's asking the Federal Communications Commission for permission not to replace them.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Council of Better Business Bureaus, National Advertising Division
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State attorneys general offices
- State consumer protection regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Fair Credit Billing Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
- Lanham Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- Truth in Lending Act
- State and international consumer protection legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Deceptive or predatory loan and loan servicing disputes
- Suits over false or deceptive advertising, marketing, or labeling of services
- Cases over consumer data breaches
- Disputes over collection of consumers’ personal information
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of consumer protection practices
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- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
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- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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