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California Privacy: Key 2025 Legislative Changes

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California has once again expanded its already-complex privacy and technology regulatory landscape. During the most recent legislative session, lawmakers and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) advanced a...more

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CFPB transfers active litigation to DOJ amid funding crisis

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced the transfer of all its active litigation to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), as the agency faces imminent funding shortfalls and a potential...more

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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Regulate Hemp Products Ahead of an Impending Ban

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In our previous legal update last month, we outlined language included in one of the appropriations bills which was passed in connection with ending the historic government shutdown. The package contained language that, among...more

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Colorado AG Issues Guidance on New Price Transparency Law Affecting Colorado Residential Leases

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The Colorado General Assembly earlier this year passed House Bill (HB) 25-1090, which establishes comprehensive requirements for price transparency in consumer transactions, including residential leases. The new law, codified...more

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How the insurance arbitrator is affecting product documentation – news from IVASS

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On 3 December 2025, the Italian Insurance Regulatory Authority (IVASS) published Order no. 163/2025. It introduces new information obligations for insurance companies and intermediaries regarding their precontractual...more

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40 State AGs Warn against Delusional LLM Outputs

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Attorneys General from 40 US States sent letter to leading LLM companies earlier this week warning that sycophantic and delusional outputs produced by LLMs constitute “dark patterns” and may open LLM companies to liability...more

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The legal framework for fighting copycats, lookalikes and dupes: what can brand owners do to protect themselves?

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In this article, the second in our series, we look at the various legal options brand owners have when faced with copycats and compare trends across some key regions....more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Do Pennies Make Cents? Retail Operations and the Looming Penny Shortage

The nation recently slid past Black Friday and now is bounding through the busy holiday retail season. Retailers should be preparing for a unique challenge that awaits in the New Year. The federal government shifted U.S....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FCA Proposes Changes to MiFID Client Categorisation Rules

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The FCA wants to reset how firms distinguish between retail and professional clients, balancing promoting growth with consumer protection....more

Cozen O'Connor

AGs Call Out Major Providers in Ongoing Robocall Crackdown

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The Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force—a bipartisan coalition of 51 AGs that investigates and takes legal action against companies allegedly responsible for illegal robocall traffic routed into and across the United...more

Venable LLP

FTC Begins Rulemaking on Unfair Rental Housing Fees After Issuing Warning Letters

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This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection issued 13 warning letters to rental housing management software providers focused on the display of the total advertised price of their properties. ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

What’s that coming over the hill? – Ofcom’s Heavy Fines for Age Assurance Failures

Ofcom has stepped up the pressure, firstly, by issuing two new sets of fines, with one reaching up to £1,050,000 for failure to implement highly effective age verification and failure to respond to statutory notices....more

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FTC Sends Warning Letters to Thirteen Property Management Software Providers

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The FTC is keeping its focus on the rental housing market. Just a week after the FTC and the State of Colorado settled their lawsuit against an institutional apartment operator over fee disclosures, the FTC sent letters to...more

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Terminating payment services: what providers need to know about stronger consumer protection regulations

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Overview - The Payment Services and Payment Accounts (Contract Termination) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (the Regulations) aim to enhance consumer protections against termination of payment service contracts. They are due...more

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ESMA To Launch CSA On MiFID II Conflicts Of Interest Requirements

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced that it will launch a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) with national competent authorities in 2026 to review compliance with MiFID II conflicts of interest...more

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West Virginia AG Brings Latest Lawsuit in Ongoing Opioid Crisis

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West Virginia AG J.B. McCuskey, assisted by private outside counsel, filed a federal lawsuit against Optum Inc., United Healthcare’s pharmacy benefit manager, and several affiliated entities, alleging that Optum exacerbated...more

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ASIC enforcement priorities for 2026: new priorities and new appetite for litigation

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ASIC has announced its enforcement priorities for 2026, with protecting small businesses, superannuation members, and improving market integrity remaining key objectives. However, new areas of focus have emerged:...more

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Secrets of Geico Accident Claims

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GEICO is one of the largest auto insurance companies in the United States, and many California accident victims find themselves dealing with GEICO adjusters after a crash. While GEICO promotes its friendly customer service...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas Sets Sights on Roblox

A new lawsuit filed by the Texas Attorney General against Roblox has brought privacy, safety, and data handling into the spotlight for online platforms, especially those used by kids and teens. The allegations followed...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Three Non-Profit Organizations Represented By Public Citizen Litigation Group Open Up New Front In War Against the CFPB

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On December 5, 2025, Rise Economy, the National Reinvestment Coalition and the Woodstock Institute filed a lawsuit against the CFPB and its Acting Director Russell Vought in the Federal District Court for the Northern...more

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FTC Pumps the Brakes on 7-Eleven with Record Settlement

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The FTC secured a $4.5 million settlement with 7-Eleven, Inc. and its parent company, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (collectively, “7-Eleven”), to resolve allegations that the convenience store chain violated a 2018 FTC...more

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The State AG Dispatch

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Welcome to The State AG Dispatch, DLA Piper’s State Attorneys General (AG) quarterly update. Our aim is to highlight regulatory trends and enforcement actions from state AGs across the United States....more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Still in motion – Revisiting our Global FSR Outlook 2025

The 2025 edition of our annual flagship publication, Global FSR Outlook, took as its theme 'perpetual motion'. This seemed to aptly describe how the financial services community felt as we all looked out on the ever shifting...more

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October 2025 Consumer Litigation Filings: Another Mixed Bag, But Up Over 2024

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According to a recent report by WebRecon, court filings under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) rose by double digits while litigation under Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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UK FCA Policy Statement On Changes To Handling Rules For Motor Finance Complaints

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a policy statement on changes to handling rules for motor finance complaints. The FCA consulted on proposed changes in Chapter 11 of CP25/27, and this aspect of the...more

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