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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • August 25, 2026

    Investor Says Vail Resorts Conspired To Fix Ski Pass Prices

    Vail Resorts Inc. and its executives conspired with competitors to fix prices for its lift tickets and misled its stockholders about the company's conduct, an investor in the mountain resort operator alleged in Colorado federal court.

  • August 25, 2026

    Abbott Cuts $88.5M Deal To End Investors' Formula Recall Suit

    Abbott Laboratories and a proposed class of shareholders have reached an $88.5 million settlement to resolve claims that the company misled investors about its safety practices ahead of the 2022 recall at its Sturgis, Michigan, infant formula plant, in a deal that comes a month after an Illinois federal judge tossed the suit upon finding the claims "have no juice."

  • August 25, 2026

    City of Austin Backs Improving Emergency Alert System

    The city of Austin, Texas, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to improve its geolocating requirements for emergency alert systems, saying its systems are facing several challenges and require more precise location information.

  • August 25, 2026

    A Guiding Principle For The SEC On Exempt Capital Markets

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently proposed Regulation Crypto Assets borrows selectively from other capital-raising exemptions while giving crypto issuers materially different terms, and those unexplained differences reveal the need for a regulatory approach of presumptive parity, says Brian Christie at the Crowdfunding Professional Association.

  • August 25, 2026

    Target Says Wash. Law Blocks Baby Formula Botulism Claims

    Target Corp. is asking a Washington federal court to throw out claims against it by parents who say their infant child developed infant botulism after eating baby formula purchased at the store, saying the Washington Product Liability Act protects retail sellers from such claims.

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