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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • October 06, 2026

    Costco's $14M Deal Over Misleading Emails Gets Final OK

    Costco Wholesale Corp. will pay $14 million to resolve a class action accusing the retailer of sending advertising emails with false or misleading subject lines in violation of Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act, according to a settlement a state judge has given final approval to.

  • October 06, 2026

    4 States Accuse TP-Link Of China Ties, Insecure Routers

    The attorneys general of Florida, Montana, Nebraska and Iowa sued California-based TP-Link Systems Inc. on Tuesday, alleging the Wi-Fi router maker concealed its links to a Chinese company and deceptively promoted its products as secure despite vulnerabilities that left consumers open to malicious attacks.

  • October 06, 2026

    Neurosurgeon Group Says It Fixed Anthem Unit Antitrust Suit

    A Long Island neurosurgery practice told a New York federal judge that it has provided all the details the court found missing when it tossed a previous complaint accusing an Anthem unit of anticompetitively driving down reimbursement rates.

  • October 06, 2026

    Fed To Realign Bank Supervision Into 5 State-Based Regions

    The Federal Reserve's top regulatory official said Tuesday that the central bank is overhauling how it manages its nationwide supervision operations, laying out plans for a reorganization aimed at streamlining the chain of command for its bank examination work.

  • October 06, 2026

    DC Circ. Wary Of Hikvision Appeal Over FCC Device Denials

    Chinese device-maker Hikvision hoped to convince the D.C. Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to strip a company's existing authorizations for national security reasons, but the judges did not seem persuaded.

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