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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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February 06, 2026
Ga. Panel Backs Sperm Bank Win In 'Wrongful Birth' Case
A Georgia appeals court backed a win for sperm bank Xytex Corp. in consolidated litigation alleging the company sold sperm under false pretenses about the medical, psychological and social history of the donors.
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February 06, 2026
WithU, Scratchpay Sued Over Alleged 568% Loan Interest Rate
Online direct lender WithU and California fintech platform Scratchpay were hit with a proposed class action in Washington federal court on Friday by a consumer who claims he was cornered into borrowing a loan with a nearly 568% interest rate to pay for his cat's cancer treatment.
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February 06, 2026
Food Logistics Co. Can't Ditch Suit Over Toxic Fruit Pouches
Parents who allege their child suffered injuries from a fruit purée pouch that allegedly contained unsafe lead levels can pursue claims against the company they say designed the pouch, but strict liability and express warranty cannot be among them, an Illinois federal judge said.
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February 06, 2026
HHS Refers Hims & Hers To DOJ Amid Compound Drug Fight
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services general counsel Mike Stuart announced Friday that his office referred Hims & Hers Health Inc. to the U.S. Department of Justice for investigation, a day after Novo Nordisk A/S threatened litigation over what it called the telehealth company's "knockoff" version of its popular weight loss drug Wegovy.
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February 06, 2026
SEC Seeks To Enforce $27M Order In NFL, NBA Player Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to order a broker-dealer and its sole director to comply with a 2015 commission order requiring them to pay over $27 million in disgorgement and other fines that stemmed from allegations that they ran a Ponzi scheme that swindled NFL and NBA clients out of $12 million.
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
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals