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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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December 09, 2025
Smucker Pet Food Buyers Near Cert. In PFAS Disclosure Fight
A California federal judge said Tuesday he's inclined to certify a class of consumers who allege The J.M. Smucker Co. failed to disclose risks of so-called PFAS forever chemicals in pet-food packaging contaminating kibble, telling counsel during a hearing that many issues Smucker raises "are better addressed on the merits."
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December 09, 2025
Florida Bill Seeks To Shield Landowners From Pollution Suits
A Florida lawmaker has introduced a bill that would add hurdles to those looking to sue over pollution damages caused by old phosphate mines, giving property owners a new defense to avoid strict liability claims.
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December 09, 2025
Trump's CFPB Says It Can't Be Forced To Take Fed Money
The Trump administration said Monday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is not obligated to take funding from the Federal Reserve, and a D.C. federal judge can't order it to do so, pushing back against a request from the labor union challenging the agency's dismantling.
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December 09, 2025
States Ask Justices To Curtail Federal Trucking Law Shield
Ohio and 28 other states have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that a federal trucking industry law can't shield freight brokers from certain state-based injury claims, arguing Congress did not intend to undermine states' authority over regulating road safety.
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December 09, 2025
J&J Expert Tells Jury Women's Cancer Can't Be Traced To Talc
A University of San Diego gynecologic oncologist told a California jury Tuesday in a bellwether trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused two women's ovarian cancer that it is "impossible" to conclude why any particular person contracts the deadly disease.
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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- 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