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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • September 08, 2026

    Underdog Sues 5 States To Shield Sports Wagers

    Prediction market operator Underdog sued five states Tuesday to head off potential gambling enforcement actions over its sports event contracts, becoming the latest firm to argue its federally-regulated platform is beyond the reach of state gaming laws.

  • September 08, 2026

    Eli Lilly 'Sabotaged' Rezpeg's Development, Nektar Tells Jury

    Eli Lilly & Co. breached its deal with Nektar Therapeutics to co-develop the autoimmune-disease drug Rezpeg and instead "sabotaged" its development in favor of a different Eli Lilly drug, a Nektar lawyer told a California federal jury during opening statements Tuesday, while Lilly's counsel countered that Nektar was unharmed by the deal's termination.

  • September 08, 2026

    FCC Data Breach Reg Can't End-Run Congress, 6th Circ. Told

    Now that the Sixth Circuit has decided hold a full panel rehearing of its decision upholding the FCC's expanded data breach notification rules for telecommunications carriers, conservative legal groups are coming together to urge the appellate court to reject the Biden-era rule.

  • September 08, 2026

    Underdog Says Federal Law Bars Wash. Betting Crackdown

    Prediction market operator Underdog sued Washington's attorney general and state gambling commission Tuesday in an attempt to block enforcement of state anti-gambling laws against the company, contending that wagers on its platform qualify as derivative contracts that fall under the "exclusive jurisdiction" of the federal government.

  • September 08, 2026

    Freight Broker, Steel Cos. Exit Colo. Fatal Truck Crash Suit

    A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday slashed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit seeking to hold freight broker Total Quality Logistics liable for a fatal 2024 trucking collision, along with the steel suppliers whose shipment was being transported at the time.

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