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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • January 23, 2026

    News Rating Org. Latest To Fight 'Ideological' FTC Subpoena

    News rating organization NewsGuard became the latest group to challenge a Federal Trade Commission subpoena looking for censorship of conservative viewpoints, asking the agency to quash information demands it said was born of FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson's "ideologically motivated effort to censor and otherwise discriminate" against it.

  • January 23, 2026

    5 Compliance Takeaways From FINRA's Oversight Report

    The priorities outlined in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's recently released annual oversight report focus on the organization's core mission of protecting investors, with AI being the sole new topic area, but financial firms can expect further reforms aimed at efficiency and modernization, say attorneys at Armstrong Teasdale.

  • January 23, 2026

    Mass. Judge Seeks Input On Kalshi Sports Ban

    A Massachusetts state court judge said Friday he is still grappling with how to craft an order barring prediction market Kalshi from promoting sports-related event offerings in the state without infringing on the rights of existing contract holders, asking counsel for the company and the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General for help hammering out the details.

  • January 23, 2026

    Live Nation Antitrust Judge Wants To 'Punt' On State Claims

    A federal judge in Manhattan asked Friday whether federal and state authorities accusing Live Nation of stifling competition in live entertainment would consent to staying the state law claims and focus on federal claims in an upcoming trial so it won't end up "lasting five years."

  • January 22, 2026

    TikTok Seals Joint Venture Deal For US Operations

    TikTok's Beijing-based owner, ByteDance, has sold a majority stake in the video app's U.S. operations to a new U.S.-based joint venture managed by a group of non-Chinese investors in order to comply with a congressional mandate and avoid the app's shutdown, the company announced Thursday.

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