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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • June 11, 2026

    Automaker Group Wants Wash. Biz Licensing Regs Shut Down

    The Alliance for Automotive Innovation has urged a Washington federal court to invalidate a pair of state business licensing rules, including one that expanded the definition of "soliciting," saying the regulations are unconstitutional and beyond the authority of the state's licensing department.

  • June 11, 2026

    FDIC Urged To Align Stablecoin Rules With Other Regulators

    Banks and fintechs alike urged the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to iron out differences between its proposed standards for stablecoin issuers and those floated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, though the industries continued to battle over crypto firms' ability to offer interest to stablecoin holders.

  • June 11, 2026

    Tech Group Urges High Court To Block Texas App Store Law

    The Computer & Communications Industry Association on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a recent Fifth Circuit ruling permitting Texas to move forward with a law requiring app store owners to verify users' ages, arguing the law is unconstitutional and overly burdensome for its members.

  • June 11, 2026

    Meta Beats Investors' Suit Over AI-Powered Facebook Scams

    A California federal judge tossed a proposed class action alleging that Meta's AI tools enabled investment schemes advertised on Facebook, finding Thursday that his own earlier ruling means that the plaintiffs' state claims are barred under federal securities law.

  • June 11, 2026

    Bank, Crypto Groups Seek Limits In Stablecoin AML Regs

    Industry groups and firms in the financial and crypto sectors have called for further clarification, flexibility and safe harbors in rules recently proposed by regulators with the U.S. Department of the Treasury for implementing the anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance program requirements of the federal stablecoin framework known as the Genius Act.

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