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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • August 28, 2026

    Concora Credit Flouted FCRA When Hiring, Applicant Says

    Oregon-based financial services company Concora Credit violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by not providing its prospective and current employees with consumer reports it obtained for background checks, according to a proposed class action filed in Washington federal court.

  • August 28, 2026

    11th Circ. Won't Nix Royal Caribbean Arbitration Appeal

    The Eleventh Circuit on Friday denied a bid to summarily affirm an order denying Royal Caribbean's motion to arbitration claims by passengers suing the cruise line over numerous incidents of voyeurism involving a former employee.

  • August 28, 2026

    OCC Sends Final Stablecoin Rules For White House Sign-Off

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has sent its final rule establishing standards for stablecoin issuers under its supervision to the White House in the latest step toward implementing last year's landmark stablecoin law known as the Genius Act, following comments from Comptroller Jonathan Gould that the agency plans to issue the oversight rule by November.

  • August 28, 2026

    AT&T Says Charter Misleading Consumers With 'Fiber' Claims

    AT&T Teleholdings Inc. told a Texas federal judge on Friday that Charter Communications Inc. duped consumers by falsely touting its Spectrum brand residential internet service as being entirely fiber, when in reality the company uses copper cable to make the connection to a consumer's home.

  • August 28, 2026

    FCC Wants To Fine Covered Chinese Cos. $188K

    The Federal Communications Commission wants to fine ZTE and Hytera Communications more than $180,000 for failing to provide the agency with all its various corporate identities after the agency placed both Chinese companies on the covered list.

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