United States: Consumer Protection

On Sept. 22, 2025, Judge Sorokin of the District of Massachusetts dismissed all claims against Harvard College arising from a former faculty member's suit against the university.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently entered judgment in favor of Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) in a high-profile antitrust case addressing the boundaries of monopoly power in rapidly evolving digital and social media markets.

The Washington Supreme Court earlier this year made it unlawful for a business to knowingly send a commercial email to a Washington resident that "contains false or misleading information in the subject line."

On October 30, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General announced a $750,000 settlement with a collectibles company resolving allegations...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and Jared Libet, Assistant Deputy Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Unit...

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.

As EU Member States, including Germany, begin implementing the EU PLD, companies operating in these markets should consider compliance strategies that reflect the broader scope of liability for defective products, including software and technology, sold in the EU.

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

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

On November 17, the FTC announced a final court order permanently banning a small-business financing company and its chief executive from offering business financing, debt relief, and credit repair services and imposing a $48,280,328 monetary judgment to resolve allegations of unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act

Issued on November 10, 2025, the long-awaited decision from the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in National Association of Industrial Bankers v. Weiser supports Colorado's exercise...

On November 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion reversing a district court's order that the State of Colorado...