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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • June 17, 2026

    Kentucky AG Says Kalshi And Polymarket Offerings Are Illegal

    Kentucky's attorney general on Wednesday lodged three lawsuits accusing prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, and online casino platform VGW, of violating the state's consumer protection and gambling laws by offering unlicensed sports wagering in the state, and running illegal and addictive sweepstakes casino websites.

  • June 17, 2026

    Ad Seller Can't Shake Wiretap Suit Over Temu Data Transfers

    An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a putative class action accusing a global advertising technology company of breaking federal wiretap law by transmitting Americans' sensitive information to Chinese e-commerce giant Temu, finding it plausibly alleged the conduct violated a U.S. Department of Justice regulation restricting bulk data transfers to foreign adversaries.

  • June 17, 2026

    FTX Exec's Wife Must Face Campaign Finance Charges

    A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to throw out an indictment accusing crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond of campaign finance crimes, rejecting her argument that prosecutors previously promised her husband, a former FTX executive, that his guilty plea would mean she's in the clear.

  • June 17, 2026

    OCC Warns Charter Hopefuls Against Incomplete Applications

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Wednesday that it will send back incomplete regulatory applications without a review and will start publishing its denial decisions, putting bank charter hopefuls and other corporate filers on notice.

  • June 17, 2026

    GM, Drivers Spar Over Trimmed Transmission Defect Class

    General Motors LLC has asked a Michigan federal judge to shut down a lawsuit alleging it sold vehicles with defective eight-speed automatic transmissions that caused "hard shifts" or made vehicles shake or shudder on the road, while the plaintiffs moved to certify four state-based classes of drivers.

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