https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Consumer Protection Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 23:44:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2478532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2478532 Three individuals are seeking to hold Sunbeam Products Inc. and its parent company liable for serious burn injuries caused by exploding pressure cooker lids, telling a Florida federal jury Tuesday that the company continued selling a defective product without alerting the public.  Tue, 26 May 2026 21:38:14 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481844?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481844 New York borrowers have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to again revive their claims for millions in mortgage escrow interest from Bank of America, arguing the Second Circuit's recent decision to free the bank for a second time still gets federal banking preemption wrong. Tue, 26 May 2026 21:29:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481859?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481859 Charles Schwab and its investors have urged the Fifth Circuit to affirm a final deal they reached in Texas federal court to conclude an antitrust suit over its merger with TD Ameritrade, arguing among other things that Iowa's attorney general lacks standing to appeal the class settlement. Tue, 26 May 2026 21:00:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481917 A debt buyer seeking to collect a debt must attach to its complaint a writing that shows the debt buyer owns the debt, the Colorado Supreme Court said Tuesday in ruling for a consumer who incurred a $671.29 credit card debt. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:59:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481936 The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on Tuesday moved to intervene in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's suit over Connecticut regulators' attempts to shut down certain prediction markets. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:49:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481943 A group of 44 attorneys general for states including California, New York, New Jersey and Michigan have created a coalition opposing the House version of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, H.R. 7757, and signed a letter to congressional leaders pointing out the shortcomings of the bill. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:12:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481987?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481987 Microsoft has urged a Washington federal judge to throw out a proposed class action from Illinois residents who claim the company's Teams software wrongfully creates biometric "voiceprints" of meeting participants, arguing that its "routine transcription functions" don't count as voiceprints because they're not personally identifying. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:05:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481973?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481973 A Ninth Circuit panel refused on Tuesday to reinstate a proposed class action accusing Amazon of failing to live up to scheduled delivery promises, echoing a lower court's conclusion that the e-commerce giant's terms and conditions don't entitle customers to automatic shipping fee refunds for late arrivals.   Tue, 26 May 2026 19:33:58 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481607?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481607 Fintech platform MoneyLion is looking to escape proposed class claims that it has violated Washington state laws with its customer referral program, arguing the allegations fail to show that the company helped users send referral messages to nonconsenting third parties. Tue, 26 May 2026 19:32:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481639?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481639 A proposed class of drivers is suing Kia America Inc. in California federal court, alleging its 2023-2025 Kia Telluride vehicles have a latent defect that causes the digital dashboard screen to go blank, depriving drivers of important information such as speed, safety alerts and gears. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:13:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481606?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481606 President Donald Trump wants a Florida federal magistrate judge to recuse herself from overseeing discovery in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC because she previously represented a U.K.-based company Trump sued over the dissemination of the Steele dossier, a controversial intelligence document claiming Trump had ties to Russia. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:01:38 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481849?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481849 The Federal Trade Commission has urged the D.C. Circuit to revive its lawsuit accusing Meta of monopolizing personal social media through its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram, arguing the district court wrongly held the question of monopoly to when the case went to trial, not when the FTC sued. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:59:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481964?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481964 The Federal Communications Commission told an Israeli company the agency's rules do not prohibit law enforcement authorities from using the firm's drone-countering system during the World Cup, but said waivers might be needed for deployment at other events. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:37:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481914?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481914 Heating pad maker Sunbeam Products must litigate an Illinois customer's burn suit in state court where it was initially filed, because 29 days was too long to wait before telling the state court it removed the case, a federal judge ruled. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:31:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481398?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481398 After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II that freight brokers may be liable for selecting unsafe motor carriers, the key question will be whether brokers used reasonable care in selecting a given motor carrier, with the concurring opinion offering some clues as to what reasonable care might look like, says Marc Blubaugh at Benesch. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:21:56 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481826?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481826 Fenwick & West LLP will pay $54 million to resolve claims from spurned FTX Trading Ltd. investors, according to a new set of settlements that will also end investors' disputes with the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange's former auditor and a former NBA star who promoted the platform. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:16:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481724?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481724 Wholesale distributors that abide by Connecticut's drug price cap law can hike the cost of their other products to ensure they don't suffer losses, the state told the Second Circuit Tuesday, raising the ire of the companies trying to invalidate the new statute. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:55:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481634?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481634 Several public interest groups have filed comments opposing the Federal Communications Commission's proposed update of the TV content ratings that would warn consumers when a program may include transgender or nonbinary characters or themes related to gender identity. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:54:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481883?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481883 Wiley Rein LLP has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Washington, D.C., firm of negligence after the firm said a group that may be affiliated with the Chinese government accessed emails of firm personnel. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:44:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481693?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/2481693 The Federal Communications Commission has asked for public input on an effort from AT&T to be freed of its eligible telecommunications carrier requirements in California, days after the telecom giant sued in federal court for similar relief.