‘I don’t think this is the right thing to do’: Bid for new consumer-protection unit prompts turf war with DA

District Attorney Summer Stephan and Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer are clashing over control of a more than $200 million ...
Reuters

Former top enforcers at US watchdog join project to bring pro-consumer lawsuits

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Three former senior enforcement lawyers at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are launching a "strategic enforcement project" to help protect the public from ...
Law

Two Recent CFPB and FCC Rule-Related Actions Weaken Consumer Protections

These rule-related actions are two of the latest examples of administrative agencies under the Trump administration reducing consumer protections under the guise of “modernization,” “uniformity” and ...
Jacobin on MSN

Zohran Mamdani Has Quickly Gotten Down to Business

In his first week as mayor, Zohran Mamdani issued 12 executive orders targeting housing, consumer protection, and democratic ...
Los Angeles Times

Attorneys Have Their Hands Full with Consumer Complaint Boom

Class-action settlements alone hit nearly $40 billion in 2024, marking the third consecutive, record-setting year in the category. Private TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) claims have also ...