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Expanding Patchwork Of State "Junk Fees" Laws Presents Compliance Challenges

State laws regulating disclosures of fees and "total prices" have expanded, and we start our series of state consumer protection alerts with a deeper dive on key compliance obligations...

United States Consumer

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Wiley Rein

Inside Litigation - Reshaping Product Liability Defense Strategies (Video)

Forum shopping. Nuclear verdicts. Artificial intelligence. Three forces are upending traditional product liability defense — and redefining strategy for the next generation of litigators.

United States Consumer

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Arnold & Porter

Update On The Compact For Academic Excellence In Higher Education

In a prior client alert, Steptoe described the White House's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," which the White House sent to nine universities on October 1, 2025.

United States Consumer

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Steptoe LLP

Higher Education Litigation Summary: November 11, 2025

Thompson Coburn's Higher Education Litigation Summary is your resource for legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector.

United States Consumer

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Pennsylvania Settles With Mail Order Subscription Business – Again

United States Consumer

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

NJ AG Shuts The Door On Predatory Homeowner Contracts

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

Democrat Jay Jones Wins VA AG Race, SD And TX AG Fields Expand

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

Republican AGs Trash Sustainability Groups' Recycling Practices As Anticompetitive

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

Delaware Bans Medical Debt From Consumer Credit Reports

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

The Digital Marketplace: The FTC's Focus On Fair Online Transactions (Podcast)

United States Consumer

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Holland & Knight

EC Requests Scientific Opinion On The Safety Of Hydrated Silica (Nano), Pyrogenic Silica (Nano), Silica Silylate (Nano), And Silica Dimethyl Silylate (Nano)

United States Consumer

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Bergeson & Campbell

CFPB Rescinds Two Registry Rules

United States Consumer

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

CFPB Confirms Federal Preemption Of State Credit Reporting Laws

United States Consumer

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Holland & Knight

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (November 4, 2025)

United States Consumer

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Wiley Rein

Green And Spiegel Partner Ksenia Maiorova Secures Major Win In NIL Visa Lawsuit

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

USPTO Proposes Dramatic Restrictions For Inter Partes Review Institution

United States IP

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Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

District Court Invalidates Patents For Bridge Cheating Detection Software Under § 101

United States IP

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

Importing Steel Into Mexico A Pillar Of Compliance For Suppliers Trading With Mexico

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Tariffs, Contracts And The Negotiation Imperative: Why The Old Playbook Won't Work

United States International

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JAMS

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Consumer Law

CFPB Enjoined From Enforcing Personal Financial Data Rights Rule 1033

On October 29th, the Eastern District of Kentucky (the "Court") enjoined the CFPB from enforcing the Personal Financial Data Rights Rule (the "Rule") until it has completed its reconsideration of the Rule.

United States Finance

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Moore & Van Allen

The Ad Standard: Monthly Update - November 2025

This week FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak identified three top priorities for the Commission in her remarks at the Association of National Advertisers Master of Advertising Law Conference.

United States Media & IT

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

CFPB Inspector General Says Bureau's Information Security Program Is Ineffective

The quality of the CFPB's information security program "has decreased since last year, leading us to conclude the program no longer is effective," the bureau's Inspector General (IG), said in a report.

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Ninth Circuit Upends USDA's Bioengineered Food Disclosure Requirements

United States Healthcare

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Wiley Rein

New Class Action Targets Adobe's "Dark Pattern" Subscription Practices — A Call For Fairness And Full Disclosure

United States Litigation

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Tactical Law Group LLP

Illinois Legislature Increases Key Debtor Exemptions Starting On January 1, 2026

United States Litigation

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Lavelle Law

Pennsylvania Settles With Mail Order Subscription Business – Again

United States Consumer

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Replay: Wearables Webinar Series, Part 3: Product Liability And IP Strategies For Wearables (Video)

United States IP

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Duane Morris LLP

Stay ADvised: 2025, Issue 15

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

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Consumer Trading & Unfair Trading

The Ad Standard: Monthly Update - September 2025

The Federal Trade Commission once again signaled its continued focus on making it easy to cancel recurring charges and avoid misleading practices in negative option plans.

United States Consumer

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Maryland Federal District Court Blocks Education Department's Moves Against DEI Programs

A federal district court ruled that the Education Department violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the U.S. Constitution by improperly issuing guidance that deemed...

United States Consumer

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Sectoral Tariff Update – Section 232 National Security Investigations

Sectoral tariffs are emerging as a preferred tool for the White House that leaves targeted industries, and those reliant on their import supply, subject to appreciably higher customs duties on imported goods.

United States International

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

State AGs And Consumer Protection: What We Learned From … Nevada

United States Consumer

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Insurer Has No Duty To Interplead Policy Limits Under Montana Law When Faced With Multiple Claimants And Potentially Insufficient Limits

United States Insurance

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Wiley Rein

Eighth Circuit Blocks Click-To-Cancel Rule

United States Consumer

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Clark Hill

Eighth Circuit Cancels FTC's "Click-to-Cancel" Rule

United States Consumer

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

FTC Workshop Suggests Federal And State Unfair Competition Enforcement Action Against Gender-Affirming Care

United States Anti-trust

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Crowell & Moring LLP

The Regulations Have Landed: A User's Guide To The New Jersey Data Privacy Act's Long-Awaited Draft Regulations

United States Privacy

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Porzio, Bromberg & Newman

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Product Liability & Safety

Inside Litigation - Reshaping Product Liability Defense Strategies (Video)

Forum shopping. Nuclear verdicts. Artificial intelligence. Three forces are upending traditional product liability defense — and redefining strategy for the next generation of litigators.

United States Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

Replay: Wearables Webinar Series, Part 3: Product Liability And IP Strategies For Wearables (Video)

A replay of "Wearables Webinar Series, Part 3: Product Liability and IP Strategies for Wearables" is now available for viewing.

United States IP

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Duane Morris LLP

EC Requests Scientific Opinion On The Safety Of Hydrated Silica (Nano), Pyrogenic Silica (Nano), Silica Silylate (Nano), And Silica Dimethyl Silylate (Nano)

The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) announced on October 30, 2025, that the European Commission (EC) requested a scientific opinion on the safety...

United States Consumer

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Bergeson & Campbell

HHS Divided: Can Consumers Be Trusted With Low-Risk Products?

United States Healthcare

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Hyman, Phelps, & McNamara

California Governor Vetoes PFAS Phaseout For Cookware And Consumer Goods

United States Consumer

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Dechert

Third Circuit Panel Opines On New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act

United States Consumer

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Dechert

Cannabis Risks And Product Liability

United States Cannabis

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Textile & Packaging EPR Is Here: What Consumer Brands Need To Do Now (U.S. & Canada)

United States Consumer

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Impact Of Carroll And Economic Loss Rule On Service Providers In South Carolina

United States Commercial

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Moore & Van Allen

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Consumer Credit

Colorado's Medical Debt Reporting Law Challenged In Federal Court

On November 5, 2025, a national debt collection trade group and one of its members filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado's in an attempt to block its 2023 medical debt credit reporting law, HB 23-1126.

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

West Virginia Federal Court Certifies Class Action Challenging "Pay-To-Pay" Fees

The plaintiff alleged that the institution imposed a 5 dollar fee each time consumers made monthly payments by phone or other electronic means, even though neither the loan agreement nor any statute authorized the charge.

United States Litigation

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Delaware Bans Medical Debt From Consumer Credit Reports

On October 27, 2025, amendments to Delaware's Medical Debt Protection Act took effect, establishing a total ban on the inclusion of medical debt in consumer credit reports

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule Asserting Federal Preemption Over State Medical Debt Credit Reporting Laws

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

District Court Denies Arbitration Of Service Members' Class Action Claims Under Military Lending Act Holding That Earned Wage Access Constitutes Extension Of Consumer Credit

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Forward Flow Transactions — A Key Tool In Fuelling Private Credit Growth

United States Finance

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Maryland OFR Issues Guidance On New Medical Debt Collection Laws

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Nevada Removes In-State Office Requirements For Online And Buy Now, Pay Later Lenders

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

CFPB Terminates HDMA And FCRA Consent Orders

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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Latest Videos

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Inside Litigation - Reshaping Product Liability Defense Strategies (Video)

AP

Arnold & Porter

The Digital Marketplace: The FTC's Focus On Fair Online Transactions (Podcast)

HK

Holland & Knight

FTC And AGs Rally For Fans In Ticketmaster And Live Nation Lawsuit Over Bots And Fees (Podcast)

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Consumer Counterpoint: Episode 4 – Telephone Consumer Protection Act (Video)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Consumer Credit In Focus—DP 25/2 Mortgage Rule Review: The Future Of The Mortgage Market (Podcast)

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A&O Shearman

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