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Consumer Protection Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on consumer rights law. Coverage includes litigation and enforcement actions over false advertising, deceptive trade practices, predatory lending, and debt collection, as well as related policy developments.
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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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February 27, 2026
Meta Targets Chinese Co. For 'Celeb-Bait' Ad Fraud Scheme
Meta Platforms Inc. has sued a Chinese technology company for what it described as a "celeb-bait" advertising scheme in which celebrities are featured in ads without their consent with the goal of tricking customers into clicking on them, according to a suit filed in California federal court.
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February 27, 2026
NetChoice Gets Va. Social Media Limits For Kids Blocked
A Virginia federal judge Friday preliminarily halted enforcement of the commonwealth's new law that limits children's access to social media, saying a trade group representing Meta Platforms, Google and other tech companies is likely to succeed on its contention that the law violates the First Amendment.
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February 27, 2026
Social Media Trial Judge Threatens Media With Gag Order
The judge overseeing the landmark bellwether trial accusing major social media platforms of harming children's mental health lashed out at the media Friday morning, threatening to issue a gag order because she believed an outlet violated her orders to stay away from jurors in the hallway.
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February 27, 2026
Alabama ISP Wants To Pay Less For Rural Program Default
An Alabama telecom that won't be able to bring internet to five of the 26 rural census block groups it signed up for is hoping the Federal Communications Commission will allow it into a program that will give it time to pay back what it owes.
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February 27, 2026
'Lack Of Adversity' Stops Court From Ending Biden SAVE Plan
A Missouri federal judge dismissed a coalition of Republican-led states' lawsuit challenging a Biden-era student debt relief plan, saying Friday he can't end the plan like the Trump administration wanted given the "apparent lack of adversity" in the suit between the states and the administration.
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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- 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