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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • November 12, 2026

    Delta And JAL Seek To Merge Suits Over Seattle Jet Collision

    A passenger who claims he was injured when a Japan Airlines flight wing clipped his Delta Air Lines Inc. flight during a ground collision at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is asking a Washington federal court to consolidate his suit with claims brought by his wife, daughter and granddaughters.

  • November 12, 2026

    FirstBank Must Face Now-Certified Class Of Epstein Survivors

    A New York federal judge on Thursday formally certified a class of women who accused FirstBank Puerto Rico of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's global sex trafficking venture, finding the class representative's claims "entirely consistent" with Epstein's pattern of trafficking and abuse.

  • November 12, 2026

    Anthropic, OpenAI Face Suit To Halt 'Insane' AI Development

    Nonprofits sued Anthropic, Google, Meta Platforms, OpenAI and SpaceXSI in California state court Thursday seeking to freeze the "insane" and "dangerous" development of advanced artificial intelligence that can escape human control, arguing the companies have no realistic way to stop the "catastrophic" events their own executives predict could occur.

  • November 12, 2026

    Merchants Sue OCC Over Push To Preempt Ill. Swipe-Fee Law

    Merchant trade groups sued the government Thursday in D.C. federal court to overturn recent rules from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that seek to shield banks from Illinois state limits on swipe fees, arguing the "slapdash" preemption effort exceeded the agency's authority.

  • November 12, 2026

    Meta Says DC Fed. Court Has Oversight Of FTC Settlement

    A lawyer for Meta told a D.C. federal judge Thursday that his court has exclusive jurisdiction over a $5 billion privacy settlement from 2020, not the Federal Trade Commission.

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