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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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April 03, 2026
Hisense Says Claims In QLED False Ad Suit Are Fuzzy
Hisense USA Corp. is urging a California federal court to throw out a proposed class action alleging that its high-definition televisions don't have QLED technology as advertised, saying the articles the complaint cites are ambiguous at best, and in some cases actively contradict the claims.
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April 03, 2026
Ameriprise To Pay $1.4M Over Annuity Supervision Claims
Ameriprise Financial Services LLC has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in restitution and a $450,000 fine to end allegations from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that the Minneapolis-based firm failed to properly supervise recommendations of certain variable annuity exchanges.
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April 03, 2026
Legislative Update: Cannabis And Psychedelics Bill Roundup
State lawmakers in Delaware and West Virginia advanced legislation to more tightly regulate kratom products, Missouri and Kentucky legislators considered bills to fund research into the therapeutic uses of the psychedelic ibogaine, and Idaho's Legislature came together to urge voters to reject a medical marijuana legalization proposal that could be on the ballot this November. Here are the major moves in cannabis and psychedelics legislation from the past week.
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April 03, 2026
'Political' Deals Pit DOJ Against State AGs, And Not Just Dems
Controversial U.S. Department of Justice settlements with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Live Nation, along with the approval of Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, are increasingly inspiring state attorneys general to strike out on their own as antitrust enforcers, often in direct challenge to a federal government that Democrats have cast as "corrupt."
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April 03, 2026
19 ByHeart Infant Formula Botulism Suits Centralized In NY
Nineteen proposed class actions accusing ByHeart Inc. of negligently selling contaminated baby formula that caused some infants to become seriously ill will be consolidated in the Southern District of New York, according to an order by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Council of Better Business Bureaus, National Advertising Division
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State attorneys general offices
- State consumer protection regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Fair Credit Billing Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
- Lanham Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- Truth in Lending Act
- State and international consumer protection legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Deceptive or predatory loan and loan servicing disputes
- Suits over false or deceptive advertising, marketing, or labeling of services
- Cases over consumer data breaches
- Disputes over collection of consumers’ personal information
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of consumer protection practices
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- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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