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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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April 25, 2025
Nike Investors Say 'Brazen' NFT Rug Pull 'Decimated' Them
Nike was hit with a proposed securities class action on Friday accusing the athletic apparel giant of touting its nonfungible tokens before abruptly abandoning that business, in a "brazen rug pull" that left purchasers of Nike's NFTs "decimated."
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April 25, 2025
Google Exec Warns Of 'Shadow' Of Chrome If DOJ Wins Sale
Chrome's top executive told a D.C. federal judge Friday that the Justice Department's bid to force the sale of Google's prized web browser would cause a dramatic degradation in quality for a product that is used by over one billion people and is heavily integrated into the rest of Google.
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April 25, 2025
Cadence Bank Customers Seek Final OK For $4.5M Fee Deal
Customers of Cadence Bank have asked an Arkansas federal judge to grant a final sign-off to a $4.5 million deal to end proposed class action claims over the bank's charging of a type of overdraft fee known as "authorize positive, settle negative" fees.
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April 25, 2025
Hearst Wins Toss Of VPPA Suit Over News App Data Sharing
Hearst Television is done with a lawsuit that accused it of intentionally sharing the personal information of its app's users with Google's DoubleClick and another third party, a Massachusetts federal judge has declared after finding Hearst didn't violate a law against sharing identifiable information.
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April 25, 2025
OCC Slashes Fines In Deals With Ex-Wells Fargo Auditors
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has settled with two former Wells Fargo executives who were fighting seven-figure penalty orders for their alleged roles in the bank's fake accounts scandal, agreeing to accept greatly reduced fines totaling $150,000.

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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- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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