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Consumer Protection Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on consumer rights law. Coverage includes litigation and enforcement actions over false advertising, deceptive trade practices, predatory lending, and debt collection, as well as related policy developments.
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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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March 20, 2026
5th Circ. Wipes Out FTC's TurboTax 'Deceptive' Ad Ruling
The Fifth Circuit on Friday vacated the Federal Trade Commission's cease-and-desist order imposed on Intuit Inc. for its TurboTax advertising that regulators say duped customers into thinking they could file their tax returns for free, saying the agency's in-house decision is unconstitutional, and the dispute must go to federal court.
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March 20, 2026
PowerSchool, Bain Can't Skirt MDL Over Student Data Breach
A California federal judge has refused to toss multidistrict litigation seeking to hold PowerSchool and its majority stakeholder Bain Capital liable for a data breach that exposed roughly 50 million individuals' personal data, finding that Bain's involvement in the education technology provider's cybersecurity operations "went beyond what an ordinary investor would do."
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March 20, 2026
Meta Exec Grilled On Messaging Policy Before Defense Rests
A New Mexico jury saw Meta's head of child safety policy questioned Friday regarding where the line is drawn on adult-to-minor messaging before the company rested its case at the end of a six-week bellwether trial.
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March 20, 2026
Social Media Jury Signals Potential Trouble For Meta, Google
After six full days deliberating in a California bellwether trial over allegations that Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC harm children's mental health through their social media platforms, the jury submitted a question to the judge potentially indicating it may be leaning in favor of finding one or both defendants liable.
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March 20, 2026
Nexstar Won Over DC, But Faces Big Task In Local TV Markets
Broadcast behemoth Nexstar had plenty to celebrate in Washington, D.C., on Thursday with twin regulatory approvals pivotal to its plan to take over rival Tegna, but even if the deal survives legal challenges, it will face scrutiny in local TV markets.
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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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals