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Consumer protection law thought leadership, articles, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics that involve consumer protection regulations and the developing law surrounding them from specialists working in this area.

Consumer Products Corner - E-Commerce Spearheads Q3 Sales Growth, As Consumer Sentiment Gains Steam

Retail trade increased by 1.3% in the last quarter compared to Q2 2025, driven by a notable improvement in consumer sentiment. Ecommerce and Personal Clothing & Accessories saw particularly strong sales, outperforming other categories...

United States Consumer

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AlixPartners

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

On October 28, the CFPB issued an interpretive rule under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) declaring that federal law generally preempts state laws governing the content of consumer credit reports.

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

DFPI Orders Lender To Pay $1 Million For Alleged Violations Of The Fair Access To Credit Act

The DFPI alleged that the lender charged rates and administrative fees above those limits and continued the practice as recently as January 2023.

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Washington Courts Broaden CEMA Liability To Misleading Emails And Employment-Related Texts

Two recent appellate decisions — Brown v. Old Navy, LLC, 567 P.3d 38 (Wash. 2025), and Aaland v. CRST Home Solutions, LLC, 575 P.3d 1279 (Wash. Ct. App.

United States Consumer

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Arnold & Porter

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

October 2025 FZLZ Minute

United States Consumer

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

CA AG Pushes Back On Presidential Tariff Authority

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

AGs Cancel Deceptive VIP Treatment In $4.8 Million Settlement

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

Democratic Senators Accuse Trump Administration Of Trying To Abolish CFPB By Failing To Fund It

United States Consumer

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Ballard Spahr LLP

State AGs And "Junk" Fees: NAAG Consumer Protection Conference Fall 2025

United States Consumer

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

State AGs Discuss Consumer Protection Priorities: Privacy, Health, Junk Fees, And Coordination At The Forefront

United States Consumer

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Wiley Rein

CFPB Says FCRA Prohibits States From Regulating Content Of Credit Reports

United States Consumer

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Ohio Court Expands NIL Rights To High School Athletes

United States Consumer

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

The Changes To The English Arbitration Regime: What Parties To International Construction Disputes Need To Know

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Banking Industry Outlook: U.S. Banking M&A Surge Arrives In Q3

United States Compliance

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Federal Court Blocks Enforcement Of Texas Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law

United States Commercial

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Back To School 2025: Title IX Updates And How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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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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Dodd-Frank, Consumer Protection Act

DFPI Orders Lender To Pay $1 Million For Alleged Violations Of The Fair Access To Credit Act

The DFPI alleged that the lender charged rates and administrative fees above those limits and continued the practice as recently as January 2023.

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Washington Courts Broaden CEMA Liability To Misleading Emails And Employment-Related Texts

Two recent appellate decisions — Brown v. Old Navy, LLC, 567 P.3d 38 (Wash. 2025), and Aaland v. CRST Home Solutions, LLC, 575 P.3d 1279 (Wash. Ct. App.

United States Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

Third Circuit Panel Opines On New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act

The Third Circuit held that, without more, a statutorily required surcharge disclosure was not an affirmative misrepresentation under the NJCFA even where the surcharge included undisclosed profit.

United States Consumer

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Dechert

CA AG Pushes Back On Presidential Tariff Authority

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

AGs Cancel Deceptive VIP Treatment In $4.8 Million Settlement

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

Washington Supreme Court Considers "Fake Sale" Theory In Aéropostale Pricing Case

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Federal Reserve Governor Barr Highlights Gaps Regulators Must Bridge Under GENIUS Act

United States Technology

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Democratic Senators Accuse Trump Administration Of Trying To Abolish CFPB By Failing To Fund It

United States Consumer

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Register Now! Fireside Chat With New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin

United States Anti-trust

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Crowell & Moring LLP

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Consumer Credit

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

On October 28, the CFPB issued an interpretive rule under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) declaring that federal law generally preempts state laws governing the content of consumer credit reports.

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

On October 7, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied a fintech company's motion to compel arbitration in a putative class action.

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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

The mature Fintech ecosystem and prominence of non-bank specialist lenders have radically transformed the landscape of credit lending markets.

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

California's CARS Act (SB 766) Is Official: What Auto Dealers Must Know Before October 2026

United States Consumer

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Madison Law

CFPB Continues Trend Of Shrinking Its Own Authority By Raising Larger Participant Thresholds

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Licensing Link August 2025

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

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Product Liability & Safety

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

Since his appointment, he has indicated his desire to allow individuals to try healing themselves as they see fit, regardless of FDA approval, stating, "We want to make sure that information is out there.

United States Healthcare

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Hyman, Phelps, & McNamara

California Governor Vetoes PFAS Phaseout For Cookware And Consumer Goods

The bill would have prohibited sales of most of the covered products starting in 2028, and of nonstick cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene ("PTFE") and other PFAS beginning in 2030.

United States Consumer

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Dechert

Third Circuit Panel Opines On New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act

The Third Circuit held that, without more, a statutorily required surcharge disclosure was not an affirmative misrepresentation under the NJCFA even where the surcharge included undisclosed profit.

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

Data Record/Retention — Stewardship Through Structure (Video)

United States Privacy

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Michael Best

Part II: Recent Changes In Jury Dynamics And How To Prepare Your Expert Accordingly (Podcast)

United States Consumer

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Holland & Knight

Texas AG App-Lifies Investigation Into Discord's Child Safety Practices

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

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Latest Videos

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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

Introducing Consumer Counterpoint: A New Vidcast From Seyfarth (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

Webinar Series: Shifting Currents In Consumer Finance - Regulatory Trends And Insights (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Trump 2.0 And Higher Education: Your Questions Answered (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

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