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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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March 02, 2026
Lawmakers Urged To Rein In Debt Settlement Industry
Lender trade groups on Friday urged Congress to tighten federal oversight of the debt settlement industry, warning of significant potential harm from companies that they said are increasingly pitching consumers on "strategic default" as a path to financial relief.
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March 02, 2026
E-Rate Could Cut Some Regulatory Fat, FCC Told
While the Federal Communications Commission is looking for regulations to get rid of, one organization said it has a list of options for the agency to consider when it comes to the E-Rate subsidy program.
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March 02, 2026
Justices Pass On Challenge To $600M Norfolk Southern Deal
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a push Monday to reconsider objections to a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern Corp. and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment after the deal was upheld by the Sixth Circuit late last year.
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March 02, 2026
Wireless Co. Asks For FCC Waiver Of Handset 'Unlocking'
Since the FCC recently let Verizon out of a requirement that made the company open its cellphones to other carriers after 60 days, it's only fair that a smaller carrier similarly bound because of a spectrum-leasing agreement with Verizon be let out as well, that company says.
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March 02, 2026
Meta Atty Gets Pushback From Therapist In Social Media Trial
A psychiatrist testifying as an expert for the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial over claims Instagram and YouTube harm children's mental health on Monday pushed back on suggestions from Meta's attorney that the plaintiff's parents' purported abuse, neglect and abandonment are possibly responsible for her mental health struggles rather than social media addiction.
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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- 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