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On February 10, the California Attorney General updated the modified regulations that were issued on February 7.

On June 28, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, a sweeping privacy law that provides consumers with broad notice, access, and deletion rights concerning many types of personal information, ...

When millennials look for a new car, price, fuel efficiency and safety are top of mind, followed by style/look, size, brand reputation, technology and features, speed and other.

In California, plaintiffs' lawyers and state and local prosecutors wield two powerful tools: the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA). The UCL forbids "unlawful, unfair or fraudulent" conduct in connection with virtually any type of business activity.

On Aug. 21, 2024, in In re Amitiza Antitrust Litig., the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a c.93A claim brought by a putative class of indirect purchasers of certain pharmaceuticals for lack of standing under the Illinois Brick indirect purchaser bar.

New York State legislature recently passed two consumer protection bills in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

New York AG Letitia James, New Jersey AG Matthew Platkin, and the FTC settled with building services contractor Guardian Service Industries, Inc. to resolve allegations that it entered into no-poach agreements...

Florida AG James Uthmeier led a group of 10 Republican AGs in sending a notice letter to nearly 80...

On October 1, 2021, the Department of Consumer Protection (the "Department") published policies and procedures pertaining to the regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis (the "Regulations")...

As the Colorado Attorney General, Phil Weiser has made consumer protection a priority. Mr. Weiser has focused much of his efforts on robocalls, data privacy and security, student loans, GAP insurance, and increased enforcement of Colorado consumer protection and antitrust laws.

Unlike previous Congressional hearings, including one in which Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) famously called Elizabeth Warren "a liar"; last week’s Senate Banking Committee Hearing on President Obama’s nomination of Richard Cordray to direct the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, proved a much calmer affair. With the departure of Elizabeth Warren, who recently announced her candidacy for Senate, a more rational dialogue was able to occur regarding the new Bureau and its

As California continues to strengthen its consumer protection framework around subscription services, businesses operating in the state – particularly those offering...

A coalition of twenty-eight attorneys general sent a letter to Congressional leaders, expressing support for the passage of the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act...

In April, the OCC, FRB, FDIC and SEC, in conjunction with the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (the "Agencies"), issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the "NPR") to implement the credit risk retention requirements of Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted partial summary judgment to ED, and NYLAG appealed.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed the first-ever criminal charges against a prediction market platform for allegedly operating an illegal gambling business, accusing the CFTC-regulated platform of accepting bets from Arizona residents on state elections.

Arkansas AG Tim Griffin has filed a lawsuit against YouTube, LLC, Google LLC, XXVI Holdings Inc., and parent company Alphabet Inc. (collectively, "YouTube").