Consumer Protection

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.



Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial today!



Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • September 01, 2026

    What Nonbank Lenders Should Watch In 'Open Banking' Redo

    Nonbank mortgage lenders should prepare for several key changes in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's anticipated open banking rule rewrite that could reshape verification costs, vendor relationships and loan workflows, says Kara Ward at Baker Donelson.

  • September 01, 2026

    FCC Tells Justices To Keep Campaign Ad Pricing 'Status Quo'

    The Federal Communications Commission has joined a call for the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a Fourth Circuit order blocking it from extending discounted television and radio advertising rates to committees that buy spots in coordination with political candidates, urging the justices to maintain the "status quo," despite allegedly inconsistent characterizations of the norm. 

  • September 01, 2026

    SEC's Long-Awaited Crypto Rule Is 1st Piece Of Larger Puzzle

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently proposed crypto rule provides issuers with a workable exempt offering framework but leaves holder-side questions for forthcoming rules, meaning compliance officers and counsel will have to work from an incomplete picture for now, says Josh Burton at Silver Regulatory Associates.

  • September 01, 2026

    Conservative Think Tank Seeks TCPA Waiver To Make AI Calls

    Economic think tank The Club for Growth has asked the Federal Communications Commission for Telephone Consumer Protection Act waivers to use artificial intelligence to make noncommercial calls.

  • September 01, 2026

    Fla. Bar Seeks Protective Order Against Suspended Atty

    The Florida Bar has asked the state's highest court for a protective order to "substantially" limit a suspended lawyer's "unduly burdensome" and "excessive" initial request for production of documents in a protracted disciplinary proceeding.

See more Consumer Protection news

Consumer Protection

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

Readership

  • Consumer protection, product liability, and class action lawyers at top law firms
  • 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