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Troutman Amin LLP

BIG LAW BIG LOSS: AFLAC Gets Destroyed by Guy Without a Lawyer In TCPA Case After Hiring Big Law to Represent It (Terrible)

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Aww the terrible AFLAC Duck. With college football season behind us– great national championship game BTW– I probably won’t hear from that terrible annoying duck for a while....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Disney’s Record CCPA Settlement and How Your Business Can Live Happily Ever After

Earlier this month, the California Attorney General (“AG”) announced a $2.75 million settlement with Disney to resolve allegations that Disney violated the CCPA and California’s unfair competition statute by failing to...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

40 State AGs Urge Congress to Adopt Senate KOSA Bill

On February 11, 2026, a bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general sent a letter to Congressional leadership expressing support for the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), S. 1748....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Food Update | GRAS‑ping the Moment: FDA GRAS Reform Steps Into the Spotlight

In case you missed it, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner David Kessler appeared on 60 Minutes this past Saturday, February 15,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

A MoFo Privacy Minute Q&A: Key Steps in 2026 to Comply with State Privacy Assessment Requirements

Question: Do I need to complete state privacy risk assessments in 2026? I know some CCPA deadlines aren’t until next year, but how can I prepare my team to comply with state privacy assessment requirements? Answer: The...more

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CMA Issues First Fine Under New Direct Consumer Enforcement Powers

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined a firm for failing to respond to an information notice. The fine marks the first use of the CMA's enhanced procedural enforcement powers under the Digital Markets,...more

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HMT Consults On Changes To Appointed Representatives Regime

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HM Treasury has launched a consultation on proposed reforms to the appointed representatives (ARs) regime, following its August 2025 policy statement. The aim is to strengthen confidence in the regime, enhance consumer...more

Morgan Lewis

UK Supreme Court Restricts the Use of Dairy Terms for Plant-Based Alternatives

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The UK Supreme Court's recent decision in Dairy UK Ltd. v. Oatly AB affirms the exclusive reservation of dairy-related terms for milk-based products, providing clarity for food manufacturers and marketers. The ruling has...more

Hogan Lovells

Court temporarily blocks enforcement of Texas SB 25’s warning label requirement

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A federal district court in the Western District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction temporarily halting enforcement of one section of Texas SB 25, which requires foods containing any of 44 listed ingredients to display...more

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UK FCA publishes first issue of Enforcement Watch

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The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has published the first issue of a regular bulletin covering insights and themes from its current Enforcement work....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Soaring Repos and Senate Requests: Warren Targets Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast

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In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso unpack Senator Elizabeth Warren's February 5 data request to major auto finance companies, buy-here-pay-here dealers, and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V3,Issue 2, 2026

Welcome to our second issue of 2026 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at recent guidance from HHS urging healthcare providers to step up cybersecurity efforts,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

After FDA’s Policy Shift on Artificial Colors, State Enforcement and Private Litigation Risks Linger

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On February 5, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a major change in how the agency will regulate claims about artificial colors in foods. In a “Letter to the Food Industry,” the FDA declared that the agency...more

Hogan Lovells

U.S. Department of Education seeks comment on new federal student loan rules

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On January 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would implement the July 4, 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (OBBBA) changes to federal student financial aid...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

GAO issues report on status of CFPB’s reorganization efforts

On January 27, GAO released a report requested by a group of Democratic senators and representatives chronicling the CFPB’s reorganization efforts between February and August 2025. GAO found that during that period, the CFPB...more

Saiber LLC

New York Expands Protections Against Credit-Based Employment Discrimination

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February 13, 2026 Source: Saiber Employment Law Alert Pursuant to changes signed into law by Governor Hochul on December 19, 2025, employers in New York state will no longer be able to use an applicant’s or employee’s...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

NCUA announces fifth round of deregulatory proposals

On February 10, the NCUA announced a fifth round of proposed regulatory changes under its ongoing “Deregulation Project” seeking to reduce administrative burden and eliminate duplicative requirements for federally insured...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC revises three rules to conform with federal court decisions

On February 12, the FTC issued a final rule in the Federal Register to conform three of its recent rules to federal court decisions, revising the Negative Option Rule and withdrawing both the Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court dismisses proposed mortgage discrimination class action with prejudice

On February 5, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed with prejudice a putative class action lawsuit alleging race discrimination in mortgage lending. ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB union urges D.C. Circuit to uphold injunction blocking the Bureau’s shutdown

On February 2, the union representing CFPB employees filed an en banc brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urging the court to uphold the district court’s preliminary injunction preventing the executive...more

Morgan Lewis

'No Artificial Colors' Claims Get More Colorful As FDA Announces Shift Away from Petroleum-Based Food Dyes

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that brands may label their products as without “artificial colors” as long as the colors are not petroleum-based. Although this may provide limited comfort from an...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Court declines to halt Washington’s racial equity homeownership program

On February 9, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington denied a motion for preliminary injunction in a case challenging Washington’s Covenant Homeownership Program, a special purpose credit program...more

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Agentic payments and the new fraud landscape for retailers

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Agentic payments create new opportunities for fraud. When an external AI agent is increasingly the “shopper”, both the merchant and payments provider sees less of the human and more of an automated request. That loss of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CIPA Demand Letters Are Here to Stay; Reducing Risk from Chat, Session Replay, and Analytics

Until California’s legislature provides clearer guardrails, companies should expect continued class action activity under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), targeting common website tracking technologies....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces PFAS Coordinating Group

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on February 6, 2026, a list of significant actions that the Agency has taken in the first year of the Trump Administration to combat risks from per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

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