This newsletter compiles recent federal and state consumer protection enforcement actions, regulatory developments, and advertising challenge decisions from May 2026. It covers FTC settlements on location data privacy, multilevel marketing deception claims, state actions against health insurers and cryptocurrency platforms, and new CFPB rules amending small business lending provisions under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

On September 2, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced its intention to conduct the second phase of a review of the necessity of tariffs imposed...

On May 17, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued in U.S. District Court in D.C. to compel Stephen A. Wynn to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) as an...

On May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) invalidated President Trump's tariffs declared under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

The insured, the creator of a credit-scoring model, was named as a defendant in ten putative class actions filed by purchasers of its credit scores.

Applying California law, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California has held that an antitrust exclusion in a D&O policy bars coverage for lawsuits alleging violation of antitrust laws...

Deadlines for compliance with central elements of Reese's Law are fast approaching. Many consumer products that use coin or button cell batteries will have to comply...

A magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas has issued a report and recommendation to the District Court concluding that the contract exclusion in a directors and officers liability policy barred coverage for a lawsuit alleging breach of contract.

A California federal court has held a "Notice of Cancellation" was sufficient to meet the substantive requirements of rescission in California, where the notice informed...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, applying Nevada law, has held that a policy's warranty exclusion bars coverage for a demand letter alleging that the insured was on notice of fraud by the named insured's former CEO...

On February 7, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that FY 2022 yielded just $2.2 billion in spoils from False Claims Act (FCA) judgments and settlements...

WHAT: In Aviation Training Consulting, LLC, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) held that it had jurisdiction to hear the contractor's claim...

The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, applying Pennsylvania law, has held that a personnel policies exclusion bars coverage...

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, applying New Jersey law, has held that a professional liability policy afforded no coverage for a lawsuit alleging...

A Pennsylvania federal court, applying Pennsylvania law, held that a policy's Wage and Hour Violation exclusion applied to the entirety of underlying class actions...

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, applying California law, has held that a retroactive date endorsement limited coverage to $1 million if a claim involved wrongful acts occurring prior to the retroactive date.

On Thursday September 25, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of a new Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch within the Civil Division.

You know how when you schedule an appointment with a new doctor and they send you all those medical history forms to fill-out online? And then when you actually arrive at the doctor's office you inevitably...

In February, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced the new coordinated expenditure limits and the lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold for 2022.

On May 25, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed two bills – HB 7001 and HB 7003 – which achieve final implementation of amendments to the Florida State Constitution...