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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • November 05, 2026

    California Regulator Orders Crypto ATM Co. To Pay $5.1M

    CoinFlip, an operator of cryptocurrency ATMs, has been ordered to pay $5.1 million by California's Department of Financial Protection and Innovation for allegedly failing to protect state users from financial fraud and for charging excessive fees to California consumers.

  • November 05, 2026

    Apple Says ICloud User Years Too Late For Antitrust Suit

    Apple asked a California federal judge to scrap a proposed consumer class action accusing it of monopolizing cloud storage for its mobile devices, arguing the challenged limits on data backup functionality trace back to the birth of the iPhone, meaning the lawsuit is over a decade too late.

  • November 05, 2026

    9th Circ. Says Lending Co. Can't Arbitrate In Snowflake MDL

    The Ninth Circuit ruled that online consumer lending platform LendingTree and an insurance comparison subsidiary cannot compel arbitration of a cybersecurity suit within multidistrict litigation over a breach of data held by cloud storage company Snowflake since the websites' design elements prevented "mutual assent" to their terms.

  • November 05, 2026

    Airlines Hit With Broad Antitrust Suit Over Price Info Exchange

    Major airlines including Delta, United, American, Alaska, JetBlue and Southwest have kept airfares high by sharing proprietary dynamic pricing information through a revamped data hub operated by Airline Tariff Publishing Co., two ticket buyers claim in a proposed class action filed in Seattle federal court Wednesday.

  • November 05, 2026

    Binance Mega-Hack Confirms Cyberinsurance Industry Fears

    The theft of $6.3 billion in crypto assets from cryptocurrency exchange Binance brought to life long-standing fears in the cyberinsurance industry that the scale of some state-backed cyberattacks may be uninsurable.

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