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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • September 25, 2026

    Kansas Officials Say Hemp Raid Suit Should Be Tossed

    State and local officials in Kansas are urging a federal court to throw out a lawsuit that two retailers have brought alleging their shops were wrongly raided and that their legal hemp products were seized, contending the businesses' latest complaint fell short of alleging any constitutional rights were violated.

  • September 25, 2026

    Prediction Market Regulators, Bad Actors In AI Arms Race

    Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in policing prediction markets, and attorneys say that regulators and investigators are starting to effectively use the same technology that would-be bad actors have leveraged to try to score big with their bets.

  • September 25, 2026

    How To Improve Hiring Transparency Amid Ghost Job Scrutiny

    Recent regulatory and state law scrutiny of ghost job postings for roles that don't exist or aren't being filled signals a shift toward hiring transparency, and employers that fail to adapt risk enforcement actions, consumer protection claims and financial penalties, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • September 25, 2026

    Hugging Face Attack Is A Warning To The Securities Markets

    The recent Hugging Face cyberattack, in which OpenAI's artificial intelligence agents hacked a third party without human instruction, raises questions about how regulators could respond to a similar incident in the securities markets and whether there's a substitute for scienter if no person is behind a financial crime, says Joseph A. Hall at Davis Polk.

  • September 25, 2026

    FTC Push May Create Dual Origin-Claim Risks For Contractors

    Recent Federal Trade Commission actions involving Made in USA advertising requirements offer a preview of enforcement themes that may impose dual compliance burdens on government contractors that are also subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation Buy American restrictions, says Amy Hoang at Seyfarth.

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