Consumer Protection

  • National Law Journal

    Anthem Won't Pay Breakup Fee, Uber Clashes With Regulators (Again), and the Cool Richard Cordray

    By C. Ryan Barber | May 12, 2017

    Anthem Inc. is dropping its bid to acquire rival health insurer Cigna Corp., and the company's stepping up the conflict in refusing to pay a $1.85 billion breakup fee. Uber Technologies and San Francisco tax authorities are fighting over public access to driver names and addresses—the latest confrontation between the ride-hailing company and regulators. And the clock expired on a Republican-led bid, through the Congressional Review Act, to void the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's prepaid card rule. This is a roundup of regulatory action.

  • National Law Journal

    Trump's Justice Department Works Both Sides of the CFPB

    By Marcia Coyle | May 11, 2017

    The Trump administration's U.S. Justice Department is both simultaneously challenging and backing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, creating a litigation whirlwind as Republicans and business advocates push reforms that would strip some power from the Obama-era federal agency.

  • The Recorder

    SF Judge Approves $1.2B VW Settlement

    By Ross Todd | May 11, 2017

    Plaintiffs lawyers led by Lieff Cabraser's Elizabeth Cabraser intend to seek roughly 15 percent of the settlement fund, or $180 million.

  • National Law Journal

    'Echo Is Not Spying On You,' Amazon Lawyer Declares

    By C. Ryan Barber | May 11, 2017

    Months after Apple faced off with the FBI over an order to unlock an iPhone connected to the San Bernardino shooting investigation, Amazon.com Inc. was thrust center-stage in its own digital privacy debate when Arkansas prosecutors demanded data from a murder suspect's Echo device. Amazon initially objected to the demands last year, only to later grant access after the suspect consented to the release of the data. Speaking Thursday at a Consumer Federation of America conference in Washington, an in-house lawyer at Amazon stated flatly: "No, Echo is not spying on you."

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    NJ Securities Bureau Eyeing Investment Firms

    By Michael Booth | May 8, 2017

    The New Jersey Bureau of Securities is conducting its annual examination of the more than 900 registered investment adviser firms in the state, bureau chief Christopher Gerold announced on Monday—and for the first time asking about so-called robo-advisers.

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Trump's Anti-Regulation Edict Bogs 'Natural' Food-Label Fight

    By Charles Toutant | May 5, 2017

    Courts handling class actions are unlikely to get any help from the FDA over what the word "natural" means when it comes to food.

  • National Law Journal

    US Product Safety Regulator Sneers at 'Fabricated Outrage' Over Regulations

    By C. Ryan Barber | May 2, 2017

    "While we hear a lot of fabricated outrage about the impact of regulations, there is far less genuine discussion about the real costs of a failure to act," Elliot Kaye, a U.S. Consumer Product Safety commissioner, said recently in voting with the majority to advance new regulations for table saws. Democrats still hold a majority at the product-safety commission, posing one block on the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda.

  • The Recorder

    Devices, Drones, Data: What's Next in Torts

    By Ben Hancock | May 1, 2017

    New technology means new types of exposure. Here's a guide to some of the litigation risks posed by driverless cars, connected devices, drones and data troves.

  • National Law Journal

    SCOTUS Decision May Fuel Suits Against Banks

    By Tony Mauro | May 1, 2017

    A mixed-bag ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gives ammunition to both sides in litigation between cities and banks over the impact of predatory lending practices on local communities.

  • National Law Journal

    CFPB, Online Lenders Spar Over Interest Rates, Tribal Law

    By Stephanie Forshee | April 27, 2017

    The CFPB has filed a suit against several online lenders, accusing them of charging illegally high interest rates and violating consumer protection laws.

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