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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • October 13, 2026

    H&R Block Says Liberty Owes $6M For TurboTax Suit Defense

    H&R Block's subsidiaries told a California federal judge on Friday that Liberty Mutual must pay over $6 million in costs they incurred defending themselves in an underlying suit filed by rival Intuit, which accused H&R Block of making misleading price comparisons between its products and Intuit's TurboTax products. 

  • October 13, 2026

    Chicagoans Sue Over Delivery Robots' Biometric Scans

    Two California-based robot delivery companies have been hit with biometric privacy suits in Illinois state court alleging that the robots they deploy in Chicago unlawfully scan identifying information from people in their range and stream that data in real time to human operators, using it to train both their own and third parties' artificial intelligence models.

  • October 13, 2026

    Texas County Says Hemp Rule Not Preempted By Federal Law

    Officials in a South Texas county are urging a federal judge to dismiss claims brought against them by a trio of hemp interests challenging a state policy that redesignated intoxicating hemp products as Schedule I substances.

  • October 13, 2026

    FCC OKs 14 More 'Rip And Replace' Extensions

    The Federal Communications Commission has granted petitions from 14 telecommunications companies asking for extensions to finish projects to "rip and replace" foreign-produced network equipment the agency deems untrustworthy.

  • October 13, 2026

    Georgia Utility Failed To Protect Personal Info, Customer Says

    A utility and its parent's inadequate cybersecurity practices led to the exposure of hundreds of thousands of customers' information in a recent data breach, a Georgia Power Co. customer alleged in a proposed class action in federal court.

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