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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • March 12, 2026

    Texas Panel Probes Regulator's Power In Electric Rate Spat

    A Texas appeals court seemed skeptical of a city utility's view that the state's utility commission cannot control how it spends money it collects from providing services, asking Thursday if the regulator could intervene if the municipality used the funds to, for example, give its mayor a Lamborghini. 

  • March 12, 2026

    9th Circ. Partially Lifts Block On Calif. Kids' Privacy Law

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday scrapped part of an injunction halting a groundbreaking California law requiring social media platforms to bolster privacy protections for children, finding that the tech trade group behind the lawsuit wasn't likely to succeed on its First Amendment challenge to the statute's coverage definition and age estimation mandate.

  • March 12, 2026

    Social Media 'Lions' Hunted Plaintiff Like Gazelle, Jury Told

    The plaintiff's attorney in a bellwether trial accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC of harming children's mental health encouraged a California jury during closing arguments Thursday not to buy the defendants' focus on his client's difficult childhood, saying it only weakened her to their social media "addiction machine" like a vulnerable gazelle being hunted by lions.

  • March 12, 2026

    Ariz. Docs Ink $4.75M FCA Deal Over Unnecessary Treatment

    An Arizona-based physician group that offers cardiology and vascular services has inked a $4.75 million settlement to resolve False Claims Act allegations they performed unnecessary vein ablations and submitted claims for payment to government healthcare programs for reimbursement, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

  • March 12, 2026

    Valve Faces 'Loot Box' Gambling Suits After NY AG's Action

    On the heels of the New York attorney general's accusations that Washington-based Valve Corp. promotes illegal gambling through its popular video game franchises, gamers filed two putative class actions in Seattle federal court similarly targeting the entertainment giant's use of "loot boxes."

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Consumer Protection

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