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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • July 22, 2026

    Immigration Order Raises Customer ID Stakes For Banks

    Following a recently issued immigration-related executive order, financial institutions should expect and prepare for increased scrutiny of customer due diligence and identification, suspicious activity monitoring, and consumer lending, as well as accompanying supervisory shifts and rising fair lending risks, says Douglas Weissinger at Butler Snow.

  • July 22, 2026

    DOL Asset Manager Exemption Proposal Sent To White House

    The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits subagency transmitted a proposal affecting a popular exemption to strict prohibitions on many types of transactions involving federally regulated benefit plans to a White House office for review, teeing up the regulation for release.

  • July 22, 2026

    US Finalizes Duty Rates For Chinese Animal Feed Additive

    The U.S. Department of Commerce finalized antidumping and countervailing duty rates for an imported animal feed-grade additive from China, according to notices published Wednesday.

  • July 22, 2026

    Glass Maker Lands Final OK For Data Breach Settlement

    A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday gave final approval to glass products maker AGC America Inc.'s nearly $600,000 settlement resolving claims that it failed to safeguard the personal data of thousands of its workers in a December 2023 data breach.

  • July 21, 2026

    Economist Concedes Opioid Stats' Limits In Albertsons Trial

    Despite testifying that Albertsons pharmacy records suggest some opioids dispensed in Washington state had "red flags" for potential diversion from legitimate use, an economist for the Evergreen State conceded Tuesday that he can't point to "even a single pill dispensed by Albertsons" that was actually improperly diverted. 

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