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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • August 13, 2026

    XAI Can't Send Grok User's Privacy Suit To Texas, Judge Says

    Elon Musk's xAI lost its bid to have a Grok user's proposed privacy class action sent to Texas, after a California federal judge ruled Thursday that Grok's platform, including its sign-up and chat screens, doesn't give reasonably conspicuous notice of its terms containing a mandatory forum selection clause. 

  • August 13, 2026

    'Jump Must Litigate': 7th Circ. Clarifies Arb. Enforcement Rule

    The Seventh Circuit rejected trading firm Jump Trading LLC's bid to arbitrate a putative securities class action Thursday, finding that courts, not arbitrators, must decide whether disputes belong in arbitration when the parties haven't signed an arbitration agreement, furthering a circuit split and holding that "Jump must litigate."

  • August 13, 2026

    Albertsons Didn't Flag Suspicious Opioid Orders, Judge Hears

    Albertsons failed to report its pharmacies' unusual opioid orders to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration despite explicit instructions from the agency to do so, the retailer's vice president of pharmacy compliance testified Thursday during a bench trial in Washington's lawsuit accusing the chain of exacerbating the state's opioid epidemic.

  • August 13, 2026

    Fed Shouldn't Have State Banking 'Veto,' High Court Told

    Custodia Bank has received support from a pair of current and former senators and two other digital asset organizations in its fight with the Federal Reserve pending before the U.S. Supreme Court over a "master account."

  • August 13, 2026

    5th Circ. Restores Parts Of Hotly Contested Texas Voter Law

    The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court ruling that blocked several provisions of Texas' 2021 election law on the grounds they make voting harder for those with disabilities, holding the plaintiffs had failed to establish standing for most of their claims and rejecting the remaining claim on the merits.

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