Consumer Protection

Consumer Protection Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on consumer rights law. Coverage includes litigation and enforcement actions over false advertising, deceptive trade practices, predatory lending, and debt collection, as well as related policy developments.



Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial today!



Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • July 30, 2026

    2nd Circ. Judge Denies Kalshi Shield From NY Action, For Now

    Kalshi faced a setback in its bid for a temporary shield against a potential New York enforcement action when a Second Circuit judge said she wouldn't rule on the request on her own, and sent the matter to a three-judge panel to decide.

  • July 30, 2026

    Split 4th Circ. Says NC Vape Sale Limits Pass Preemption Test

    A divided Fourth Circuit on Thursday refused to block a new North Carolina law that regulates and prohibits the sale of certain e-cigarette or "vape" products, saying a coalition of vape retailers and manufacturers are not likely to prevail on their theory that the statute is preempted by federal law.

  • July 30, 2026

    Valve Scores Quick Appeal In Gamer Arbitration Clause Fight

    A Seattle federal judge on Thursday granted Valve Corp.'s bid for a quick appeal of an order declining to halt antitrust arbitrations brought by hundreds of individual gamers, pausing the litigation for the video game developer to seek the Ninth Circuit's input on whether the arbitrations can proceed under its subscriber terms.  

  • July 30, 2026

    FCC Says EchoStar Can't Use Trust Fund To Pay Itself

    The Federal Communications Commission is not pleased that EchoStar is trying to convince a bankruptcy court to let it use a trust fund created to pay contractors to build its now-abandoned 5G network to instead pay a loan one EchoStar subsidiary made to another.

  • July 30, 2026

    NC, Green Groups Call EPA-Chemours PFAS Deal Too Lenient

    North Carolina state leaders and environmental organizations asked the federal government to walk back a proposed settlement with Chemours over so-called forever chemical pollution from three factories, saying the deal amounted to a slap on the wrist.

See more Consumer Protection news

Consumer Protection

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

Readership

  • Consumer protection, product liability, and class action lawyers at top law firms
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
  • 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