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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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April 08, 2026
Debt Collectors Sue Calif. Over 'Excessive' Licensing Fees
California's financial services regulator has been hit with a proposed class action that seeks to recoup potentially millions of dollars for debt collectors in the state over claims the agency is unlawfully charging inflated fees to license and oversee them.
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April 08, 2026
Fed. Circ. Questions Specificity Needed In Oxy IP Invalidation
A Federal Circuit panel expressed frustration with attorneys from both Purdue Pharma LP and generic-drug maker Accord Healthcare Inc. Wednesday as it tried to navigate whether the Delaware district court order invalidating Purdue's abuse-deterrence patent was explicit enough.
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April 08, 2026
NY Panel Skeptical Of TikTok Bid To Ax AG's Addiction Suit
A five-judge appellate panel Wednesday voiced doubts about TikTok's bid to dismiss the New York attorney general's claims that the social media platform is an addictive product that targets and harms children, pushing back on the company's free speech defense.
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April 08, 2026
Va. Hospital Patient Seeks Final Nod For $3.1M Privacy Deal
An Inova Health Care Services patient is urging a Virginia federal judge to grant final approval to a $3.1 million deal to resolve claims the healthcare system unlawfully shared private health information with Meta and Google through online tracking tools, arguing the resolution has received "overwhelming support" from the settlement class.
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April 08, 2026
Qualcomm Wants To Be Let Into 2 Closed-Off Spectrum Bands
Qualcomm is asking for the Federal Communications Commission's permission to start operating in two bands that are currently not open to commercial users so that it can launch its 5G sidelink service, which allows devices to connect to each other without cellular towers.
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