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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • March 23, 2026

    Timeshare Exit Co.'s Insurer Challenges $630M Class Deal

    Insurance provider General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin on Friday challenged client Reed Hein & Associates LLC's $630 million settlement with a class of Reed Hein customers in Washington federal court, saying the figure was crafted by a plaintiffs' expert with no relevant background.

  • March 23, 2026

    Fertilizer Makers Hit With Proposed Price-Fixing Class Action

    A Missouri farm Monday filed a proposed class action accusing fertilizer companies of conspiring to fix the prices of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium products, adding to growing scrutiny of the fertilizer market.

  • March 23, 2026

    Bankman-Fried Must Reveal Any Legal Help In Pro Se Motion

    A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday ordered incarcerated FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to reveal how much, if any, attorney help he had in drafting his motion for a new trial, saying criminal defendants don't have the right to both represent themselves and be represented by counsel.

  • March 23, 2026

    Teens Are Meta's 'Collateral Damage,' Jury Hears In Closings

    New Mexico on Monday closed out its trial against Meta over allegedly undisclosed mental health harms, telling a jury the social media giant openly committed to "move fast and break things" but hid that minors "are the collateral damage, what's broken when Meta moved fast."

  • March 23, 2026

    High Court Won't Review Mortgage Firm's $8M CFPB Fine

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a now-shuttered mortgage services firm's yearslong fight against a nearly $8 million Consumer Financial Protection Bureau judgment, rebuffing an appeal tied in part to the agency's past leadership structure.

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Consumer Protection

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