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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • July 01, 2026

    FCC Wants To Extend Covered List's Reach To Components

    The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday announced new plans to expand the so-called covered list of telecommunications equipment — equipment deemed to be a national security risk — even further so that it bans not only a completed item but all the parts that make it up.

  • July 01, 2026

    Lululemon Targeted In New Shopper Tariff Refund Lawsuit

    Lululemon has been accused of boosting prices in response to the Trump administration's global tariffs then failing to refund customers when the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the duties, becoming one of the latest household brand names to face such claims.

  • July 01, 2026

    NJ Cops Can Accept Warrantless Location Info From Feds

    A New Jersey appeals court has said it won't overturn the gun trafficking conviction of a man who was arrested in part due to cell phone location data that was acquired by federal law enforcement in Ohio, which didn't require a warrant to get the information.

  • July 01, 2026

    LinkedIn Says Users Agreed To Browser Extension Scans

    LinkedIn told a California federal judge that two proposed class actions alleging the website unlawfully accesses users' browser extensions are part of an "international retaliation campaign" over routine security methods that users agreed to.

  • July 01, 2026

    House Bill To Regulate Earned Wage Advances Clears Panel

    The House Financial Services Committee has advanced a federal framework for fintechs offering paycheck advances despite pushback from some Democrats that the proposal hamstrings states by blocking them from applying their lending laws to the services and imposing stronger consumer protections.

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