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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • June 15, 2026

    Lender Groups Sue Over Oregon's Federal Rate Opt-Out Law

    Lender trade groups sued Monday to block Oregon from capping the interest rates on loans made by out-of-state banks, opening a new front in industry litigation over whether states can use an obscure provision of federal law to curb higher-cost online lending to their residents.

  • June 15, 2026

    Facebook Users Ask 9th Circ. To Fix Jury Role 'Usurpation'

    The Ninth Circuit must undo a lower court's ruling that killed an antitrust suit brought by Facebook users after the district court judge found the novel theory propping up the suit held no water, the users have said, and that Facebook's parent company cannot defend the lower court's "usurpation of the jury's role."

  • June 15, 2026

    FCC Urged To Revisit Verizon's $1B Array Spectrum Buy

    Multiple groups want the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its staff decision to approve Verizon's roughly $1 billion purchase of spectrum rights from onetime rival UScellular, questioning why the full commission did not vote on the deal.

  • June 15, 2026

    NY Attys Call Texas Firm's 'Copy-Paste' RICO Suits Abusive

    A New York law firm facing an insurance company's racketeering and fraud allegations took aim at the insurer's counsel, telling a federal court that the Texas law firm behind the allegations is abusing judicial resources with multiple identical lawsuits.

  • June 15, 2026

    Target Wipes Buyers Say Recall Left Them Without Refunds

    Target was hit with a proposed class action over its Up & Up-branded baby wipes, which were recalled after regulators discovered in them bacteria that are potentially fatal to infants, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by consumers who demanded both refunds and punitive damages.

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