Consumer Protection

  • January 31, 2025

    DOJ Says Agri Stats Case About 'Broad' Ploy, Not Specific Data

    The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Minnesota federal judge not to turn its antitrust case against Agri Stats into something it isn't: a line-by-line recitation about particular problematic data fields in the company's protein industry reports, rather than "a broad, multifaceted, and interconnected information exchange conspiracy."

  • January 31, 2025

    FCA, Chamber Tell 6th Circ. GM Defect Class Has Flaws

    Fiat Chrysler, tax-exempt legal organizations and industry trade groups are urging the Sixth Circuit to undo the class certification of drivers suing General Motors over alleged transmission defects, arguing in amicus briefs that a trial court lumping the plaintiffs together "glossed over material differences in the evidence and applicable state laws."

  • January 31, 2025

    FCC Dem Blasts Escalation Of CBS '60 Minutes' Probe

    A Democratic Federal Communications Commissioner is slamming the agency for its revival of a complaint regarding CBS' editing of an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, calling the move a weaponization of the commission's licensing authority.

  • January 31, 2025

    Express Scripts Says FTC Tried To Swamp It With Lawsuits

    The Federal Trade Commission was trying to "paint a target on [pharmacy benefit managers'] backs" when it released a report that accused the pharmaceutical middlemen of inflating the cost of drugs, one such PBM told a federal court in defense of its suit against the agency.

  • January 31, 2025

    Amazon Must Give Up Docs In Consumer Class Antitrust Suits

    A Washington federal judge said Friday he would order Amazon to hand over documents it's flagged as confidential to consumers bringing a trio of proposed antitrust class actions, saying he's "suspicious" of the e-commerce giant's privilege-logging practices.

  • January 31, 2025

    Texas Demands Jury Trial In 'Forever Chemical' Suit

    The state of Texas called on a federal judge to grant it a jury trial in litigation against 3M, DuPont and others for alleged "misrepresentations and key omissions" they made about so-called forever chemicals.

  • January 31, 2025

    LA Fire Claims Tracker Reports More Than $4.2B In Payments

    More than $4.2 billion in claims has been paid in connection with the devastating Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires in Los Angeles County that erupted in early January, according to data from a California Department of Insurance tracker.

  • January 31, 2025

    Ohio Customer Sues Eligo Over 'Exorbitant' Electricity Rates

    An Ohio man hit retail energy supplier Eligo Energy LLC with a proposed class action alleging that the company fleeced him and tens of thousands of other customers through variable rates stemming from "unbridled price gouging and profiteering."

  • January 31, 2025

    Visa, Mastercard And Banks Oppose Swipe Fee Do-Over Bid

    Visa, Mastercard and several major banks have filed a motion opposing cardholders' solicitations for a New York federal judge to reconsider dismissing claims from their interchange fee suit.

  • January 31, 2025

    Jet Co. Can't Escape Suits Over Producer's Death In Crash

    A Florida federal judge has denied a jet charter company's bid to dismiss two lawsuits brought by the family members of a Puerto Rican reggaeton producer who died in a 2021 plane crash in the Dominican Republic, citing the company's substantial business ties to the Sunshine State.

  • January 31, 2025

    Out-Of-State Broker Must Face Texas Suit Over $25M Scheme

    A Texas appeals court found an insurance broker can't escape a lawsuit alleging it conspired with a Texas law firm to defraud a couple using a $25 million scheme, saying in a Thursday opinion that obtaining a Texas license subjects the company to Texas law.

  • January 31, 2025

    Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

    A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

  • January 31, 2025

    Judge Blocks Symetra Life Policyholders' $32.5M Deal

    A Washington federal court rejected a $32.5 million settlement bid brought by a proposed class of Symetra life insurance policyholders who accused the life insurer of using undisclosed nonmortality factors to overcharge monthly rates, noting the proposed settlement notice leaves information on the class counsel's cost reimbursement blank.

  • January 31, 2025

    Owners Appeal Docs Order In Yale's $435M Hospital Sale Fight

    Three companies that own property occupied by bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. hospitals in Connecticut have appealed a state trial court judge's order to provide documents to Yale New Haven Health in a fight over a $435 million purchase agreement.

  • January 31, 2025

    Court Won't Block Tempur Sealy's $4B Mattress Firm Deal

    A Texas federal court on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission's bid to put a hold on Tempur Sealy International Inc.'s planned $4 billion purchase of Mattress Firm Group Inc. over concerns about rival mattress suppliers' access to the retail chain.

  • January 31, 2025

    Apple Wants Google Search Case Paused For Appeal

    Apple filed an emergency motion asking a Washington, D.C., federal court to pause the landmark monopolization case targeting Google's search dominance while it appeals a decision refusing to allow the company to participate in the upcoming remedies trial.

  • January 31, 2025

    FCC Urged To Restrict Call Blocking Based On Content

    A marketing group has asked the Federal Communications Commission to adjust its safe harbor rules for junk call and text blocking to ensure that businesses can try to contact consumers without being stymied based on the content of their messages.

  • January 31, 2025

    Investors Say Walgreens Misled Over Prescription Misuse

    A putative class of Walgreens shareholders has sued the retail giant in Illinois federal court, claiming it made false statements about its regulatory compliance and that stock prices fell in the wake of the federal government's allegations that Walgreens knowingly filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances.

  • January 31, 2025

    Stores Urge Neb. Senate Against Hemp Cannabinoid Ban

    Store owners have told the Nebraska Senate Judiciary Committee a proposed bill that would ban the sale of any hemp-derived cannabinoids containing more than .3% of any kind of THC would have devastating economic consequences on their businesses.

  • February 13, 2025

    Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

  • January 31, 2025

    Cannabis Test Lab Says Competitors Fudging Results

    A Massachusetts cannabis testing lab accused eight of its competitors of intentionally inflating results for potency and concealing findings of contamination in order to lure away customers, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.

  • January 31, 2025

    Despite Fewer Biden Antitrust Probes, Abandonments Rose

    Despite a historically low number of significant merger investigations under Joe Biden's administration, abandoned transactions far outpaced those seen in Donald Trump's first term or Barack Obama's second, according to a new Dechert LLP report.

  • January 30, 2025

    Big Ass Fans Agrees To Fine Over COVID-19 Filtering Claims

    Fan maker Big Ass Fans has agreed to pay nearly half a million dollars in penalties and restitution to resolve false advertising claims related to ceiling fan attachments it marketed during the COVID-19 pandemic as being able to kill over 99% of pathogens within an hour.

  • January 30, 2025

    Amazon 'Siphoned' App Users' Location Data, Suit Claims

    Amazon is secretly collecting "incredibly sensitive" information about millions of consumers' precise location and movements through software-building tools embedded on third-party mobile apps, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court Wednesday. 

  • January 30, 2025

    Wise Reaches $2.5M CFPB Deal Over Disclosure, Fee Issues

    In its first new enforcement action since President Donald Trump's return to office, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday ordered Wise, a global money transfer fintech, to pay nearly $2.5 million on allegations it committed misleading fee marketing and disclosure-related violations.

Expert Analysis

  • Executive Orders That Could Affect Financial Services In 2025

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    The incoming Trump administration is likely to quickly revive or update a number of prior executive orders, and possibly issue new ones, that could affect financial services by emphasizing market discipline rather than regulatory initiatives to drive change in the industry, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Why Class Cert. Is Unlikely In Cases Like Mattel 'Wicked' Suit

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    A proposed class action recently filed in California federal court against Mattel over the company's "Wicked" doll boxes accidentally listing a pornographic website illustrates the uphill battle plaintiffs face in certifying a class when many consumers never saw or relied on the representation at issue, says Alex Smith at Jenner & Block.

  • What To Know About FinCEN's Deepfake Warning

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    A recent alert from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network warns about the increased use of deepfake media to target financial institutions and their customers, showing that what seems like futuristic technology is a current threat that requires diligent controls and awareness of red flags, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • 'Minimal Participant' Bar Is Tough To Clear For Whistleblowers

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    Under the U.S. Department of Justice’s corporate whistleblower pilot program, would-be whistleblowers will find it tough to show that they only minimally participated in criminal misconduct while still providing material information, but sentencing precedent shows how they might prove their eligibility for an award, say attorneys at MoloLamken.

  • Impact Of Corporate Transparency Act Ambiguity On Banks

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    Even though banks generally needn't file beneficial ownership information reports, financial institutions must continue to monitor the status of the Corporate Transparency Act and understand its requirements in case the nationwide injunction that was issued against the CTA earlier this month is overturned, say attorneys at Armstrong Teasdale.

  • A Look At SEC, CFTC's Record Year For Whistleblower Awards

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    Another banner year shows that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have developed the gold standard for whistleblower award programs, but a CFTC funding crisis threatens to derail that program's success, say Andrew Feller and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

  • The Prospects Of Pa. Gaining Its Own Antitrust Law After 2024

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    In the only state that does not have its own antitrust law, Pennsylvania's business community's strong opposition to the Pennsylvania Open Markets Act signals a rough road lies ahead for passage of the bill after Republicans retained a narrow majority in the state Senate, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • Expect Continuity In 2025 Anti-Money Laundering Policy

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    The past year has seen a range of anti-money laundering actions from federal financial regulators, and notwithstanding the imminent change from the Biden administration to the Trump administration, continuity may be more prevalent than change in the AML compliance space in 2025, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • 5 Notable Anti-Money Laundering Actions From 2024

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    Regulators' renewed interest in anti-money laundering programs in 2024 led to numerous enforcement actions and individual prosecutions in industries like banking, cryptocurrency and gaming, including the blockbuster TD Bank settlement and investigations of casinos in Nevada, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of Eye Contact At Trial

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    As a growing body of research confirms that eye contact facilitates communication and influences others, attorneys should follow a few pointers to maximize the power of eye contact during voir dire, witness preparation, direct examination and cross-examination, says trial consultant Noelle Nelson.

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.

  • Strategies For Home Equity Investment Providers In 2025

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    The home equity investment product market is thriving even amid consumer concerns, regulatory scrutiny and conflicting court decisions, setting the stage for a promising but challenging environment for providers in 2025, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Marketing Messages Matter In State AG Consumer Protection

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    Attorneys general interpret marketing claims far more broadly than many companies may realize, so to mitigate potential risk, businesses should be vigilant about all consumer messaging, including communications that may not traditionally be considered advertising in the colloquial sense, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Cos. Must Brace For New PFAS Regulations And Litigation

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed adding over 100 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the Toxic Release Inventory — and with increasing scrutiny of PFAS from the states and the plaintiffs bar as well, companies should take steps to reduce risks in this area, say attorneys at Dechert.

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