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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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March 27, 2026
Elizabeth Holmes Gets 11-Year Prison Sentence Cut By A Year
A California federal judge has shaved off a year from convicted ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year and three-month prison sentence for securities fraud due to recent sentencing guideline amendments, reducing her time behind bars by one year, instead of the two years she requested, amid objections by prosecutors.
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March 27, 2026
Timeshare Exit Patrons Seek Wash. Justices' Insurance Input
Former Timeshare Exit Team customers who claim the now defunct firm's insurers failed to defend it from a consumer protection class action that yielded a $630 million deal have suggested that a Seattle federal judge request clarity from the Washington State Supreme Court on certain coverage questions.
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March 27, 2026
State Privacy & AI Watch: 3 Legislative Developments To Know
As Congress pushes to limit regulation of artificial intelligence systems and struggles to put guardrails on companies' handling of personal data, states continue to step up, with a key jurisdiction making moves to update its landmark AI protections and the state data privacy law patchwork expanding for the first time in nearly two years.
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March 27, 2026
Texas Justices Pass On Uri Suits Targeting Power Suppliers
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday turned down a bid to revive claims that power plant companies' negligent handling of equipment and staff harmed electric consumers during a deadly winter storm in 2021.
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March 27, 2026
Injunction Constraints Impede Utility Patent Counterfeit Cases
A Texas federal judge ruled this month that the strongest tool to stop counterfeiters in so-called Schedule A cases doesn't apply to utility patents, which attorneys say cements a long-standing practice of retailers relying on trademarks and design patents.
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