United States: Consumer Protection

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") has faced significant operational constraints under recent changes in the present administration and Congress.

Businesses today use technology to reach their customers, whether it is text, call, email, or social media. However, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) can put businesses in danger...

Step into the intersection of consumer finance law and the solar energy industry with host Alan Kaplinsky, senior counsel at Ballard Spahr, and special guest Steven Burt...

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.

The trade group representing debt collection agencies, creditors, debt buyers, collection attorneys, and debt collection industry service providers has filed suit...

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...