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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • August 28, 2026

    Mazda Driver Avoids Sanctions In Oil-Burning Defect Suit

    A North Carolina federal judge has refused to sanction a Mazda driver and his attorneys for their attempt to revive a proposed class action over an alleged oil‑burning defect, finding the effort unlikely to succeed but not improper.

  • August 27, 2026

    Albertsons Loses Bid For Midtrial Win In Wash. Opioid Case

    Albertsons can't escape the state of Washington's lawsuit accusing the pharmacy chain and its Safeway subsidiary of contributing to the state's opioid crisis, a state judge ruled Thursday in denying the company's bid to dismiss the case midtrial.

  • August 27, 2026

    Binance.US Beats Sherman Claims, Rest Sent To Arbitration

    Cryptocurrency exchange Binance.US and a digital asset market data website have beaten for good antitrust claims in a proposed class action accusing them of working together to suppress a cryptocurrency's value by misstating its ranking, but Binance must face other claims in arbitration.

  • August 27, 2026

    Colo. AG Accuses EarnIn Of Making Illegal Payday Loans

    Colorado's attorney general has accused the financial firm EarnIn of illegally providing "predatory" payday loans to tens of thousands of Coloradans through its earned wage access product, charging annual percentage rates of 1,000% or more.

  • August 27, 2026

    Google Beats Cert. Bid Over User Tracking In Safari Browser

    A Delaware federal court denied class certification Thursday in a long-running litigation over allegations that Google bypassed privacy settings on Apple's Safari browser to track users without consent, saying the plaintiffs failed to show that the encryption keys Google destroyed would have provided a reliable way of identifying class members.

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