United States: Dodd-Frank, Consumer Protection Act

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has filed a lawsuit against the CFTC challenging its approval of Kalshi's bitcoin perpetual futures contract, arguing that perpetual contracts should be classified as swaps rather...

The food and beverage industry faces a new wave of litigation modeled after Big Tobacco cases, with plaintiffs alleging that ultra-processed foods cause chronic diseases like diabetes and liver disease. A landmark Pennsylvania ruling dismissed the first major case due to insufficient causation evidence, but coordinated lawsuits across multiple jurisdictions and a government action in California signal that this legal battle is just beginning.

On Friday, the National Association of Consumer Advocates (“NACA”) filed a lawsuit against Polymarket, its CEO, and its CMO alleging that the company’s influencer campaigns violate consumer protection laws.

The Federal Reserve Board and FDIC's May 2026 feedback to the eight U.S. Global Systemically Important Banks signals a potential meaningful shift in resolution planning supervision, moving away from prescriptive benchmarking toward a more tailored, firm-specific approach. For the first time in recent cycles, the Agencies identified no new deficiencies or shortcomings, instead placing responsibility on GSIBs to critically examine their own capabilities and adapt them to changing market conditions. This devel

State attorneys general across the nation are taking decisive action against companies accused of consumer fraud, anticompetitive practices, and data privacy violations.

Connecticut's Senate Bill 5 establishes comprehensive regulations for artificial intelligence use across multiple sectors, with particular focus on employment decisions, AI companions, and frontier model safety. The legislation introduces transparency requirements, disclosure obligations, and consumer protections while creating a regulatory sandbox for AI innovation.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission received over 1,500 comments on its proposed rulemaking for prediction markets, revealing deep divisions among stakeholders about whether sports-related event contracts should be regulated as derivatives or gambling. Market participants, gambling industry stakeholders, sports leagues, states, and tribal governments presented sharply contrasting views on market integrity, consumer protection, and the proper scope of federal oversight in this emerging space.

On May 1, 2026, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a Final Rule amending Subpart B of Regulation B, which implements the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)...

The California Assembly has passed a constitutional amendment that could fundamentally reshape telecommunications and broadband regulation in the state by removing the current requirement that telephone and telegraph facilities...