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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • October 09, 2026

    Ex-Atty Gets 2-Year Sentence For $1.5M Estate Fraud In Wash.

    A Seattle federal judge has sentenced a former Washington state attorney to two years in prison for wire fraud after the ex-lawyer admitted to stealing more than $1.5 million from an estate he was hired to probate, then taking steps to cover his tracks.  

  • October 09, 2026

    DOJ Seeks To Pause Order Blocking Demand For Driver Data

    The Justice Department is asking a Virginia federal judge to pause his injunction barring the Trump administration from obtaining millions of commercial driver's license records from a nationwide database while it appeals the ruling, claiming that the district court likely lacked jurisdiction to hear the lawsuit in the first place.

  • October 09, 2026

    Apple, Amazon Hit With New IPad Sale Antitrust Suit

    Amazon and Apple were hit with a proposed antitrust class action again on Friday in Washington federal court by customers who alleged the tech giants violated the Sherman Act through an illegal arrangement to eliminate nearly all Apple reseller competitors from Amazon, which raised prices for iPads.

  • October 09, 2026

    Payday Lender Says Baltimore Oversteps Its Power With Suit

    Dave Inc. has pushed back on a lawsuit brought by the city of Baltimore, saying the municipality has exceeded its powers by using a local ordinance to accuse the payday lender of charging excessive interest rates on its products.

  • October 09, 2026

    Boeing Can't Preclude Punitive Damages In Door Plug Suit

    A Washington judge Friday rejected The Boeing Co.'s effort to shut down passengers' bid for punitive damages in a lawsuit over the 2024 blowout of an aircraft door plug, allowing the plaintiffs time to conduct more discovery around whether Illinois law applies.

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