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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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March 16, 2026
Flyers Say Alaska Airlines Can't Ditch Merger Challenge
Airline passengers told a Hawaii federal judge that they have sufficiently alleged that Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines has diminished consumer choice on a dozen routes, giving the Seattle-based airline "monopolistic dominance" over the West Coast market in violation of antitrust laws.
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March 16, 2026
FCC Urges 5th Circ. To Nix Latest Challenge To Telecom Fund
The Federal Communications Commission urged the Fifth Circuit to toss a conservative group's latest challenge to the Universal Service Fund, calling the suit "no more persuasive" than the last attempt to overturn the fund, which was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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March 16, 2026
Capital One's $5B Brex Purchase Must Be Blocked, Judge Told
A group of consumers wants a California federal judge to bar Capital One's proposed $5.15 billion acquisition of fintech company Brex, arguing it violates antitrust laws, after the group's first bid to halt the bank's purchase of Discover Financial Services failed.
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March 16, 2026
Dems Slam FCC Broadcast License Threat Over Iran Coverage
U.S. Senate Democrats have called on Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to resign for warning the FCC could pull broadcast licenses over news organizations' coverage of the Iran war, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling the agency chief's comment "vindictive, fascist stuff."
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March 16, 2026
Grok Makes Child Abuse Images For XAI's Profit, Victims Say
Elon Musk's xAI puts profits above all else by knowingly serving pedophiles who use the Grok generative artificial intelligence platform to transform ordinary photographs of children into child sexual abuse material they can trade with other predators across the internet, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court.
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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