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Judge Sanctions Class Action Plaintiff’s Counsel For Frivolously Failing to Disclose Arbitration Agreement

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A single error in the date and manner in which a plaintiff purchased avocado oil led to extreme sanctions against Plaintiff’s counsel in a consumer class action case....more

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CFPB Clarifies Scope of the FCRA Preemption

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On October 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule clarifying that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) generally preempts state laws that broadly address consumer credit reporting....more

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FDA in flux: Highlights from DLA Piper’s 2025 Product Liability Symposium panel

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DLA Piper’s 2025 Product Liability Symposium featured a panel discussion on key considerations related to shifting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation....more

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CalPrivacy Votes to Advance Three Legislative Proposals Impacting CCPA Compliance

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On November 7, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) voted to advance three legislative proposals that, if enacted, would materially reshape certain compliance obligations under the California Consumer...more

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Food and Beverage News and Trends - November 2025

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On October 29, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Mindy Brashears, PhD, to serve as the USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety. Dr. Brashears, a...more

A&O Shearman

California District Court Grants Motion To Dismiss Antitrust Counterclaims Against Telecommunications Companies

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On October 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the motion to dismiss counterclaims brought by Defendant, which alleged that plaintiff telecommunications companies (“Plaintiffs”)...more

Perkins Coie

Ecosystems and Legal Systems: Recent Apple Cases in the EU and the UK

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The judicial and regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s iOS and App Store ecosystem continues, with a judgment from the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in the United Kingdom, as well as decisions from authorities in the European...more

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Ninth Circuit Issues Significant Ruling on Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

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Key Takeaways - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued a decision in National Grocers v. Rollins that has the potential to significantly alter the current landscape of bioengineered food...more

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New York federal court applies broad preclusive effect and adopts DOJ’s Google ad tech ruling

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently ruled, in favor of publishers and advertisers, that Google monopolized worldwide markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges and unlawfully...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Proyecto de decreto en Colombia buscar regular la portabilidad financiera

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El Ministerio de Hacienda de Colombia publicó para comentarios al público el proyecto de decreto por medio del cual se busca modificar el Decreto 2555 de 2010 al reglamentar el derecho a la portabilidad financiera. Esta...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Pennsylvania Settles with Mail Order Subscription Business – Again

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On the heels of the TFG Holdings multistate settlement last month, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a $750,000 settlement with collectibles company American Mint LLC regarding its subscription practices....more

Hudson Cook, LLP

State Watch: Consumer Protection Enforcement Update - October 2025 #2

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New Jersey Attorney General Platkin entered into a $2.8 million settlement with a Florida-based realty company over a product the company described as a "Homeowner Benefit Agreement" or "HBA." ...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

EU Regulator Cookie Sweep Shows Importance of Website Tracking Compliance in the EU and US

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New enforcement sweep on cookie banners, conducted by Netherlands privacy regulator, shows both EU and US companies that the need to prioritize website tracking hygiene and transparency. In Europe: Netherlands privacy...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: The Internet’s Awkward Teen Phase

By the end of November, Character.AI will stop letting anyone under 18 chat freely with its bots. No more late-night conversations with virtual friends, no more two-hour therapy sessions with imaginary Freud. The company says...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

State AGs Urge SEC to Preserve State Authority in Crypto Regulation

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On October 20, a coalition of 21 state attorneys general (AG), led by Iowa AG Brenna Bird, submitted a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester M. Peirce in response to her February statement...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

California Enacts AB 656: Enhancing Account Deletion Rights for Social Media Users

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California once again sets the pace in consumer privacy and digital-platform regulation with the enactment of Assembly Bill 656 (“AB 656” or the “Act”), detailing new obligations for large social-media platforms to facilitate...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Two more states join Consortium of Privacy Regulators

The Consortium of state privacy regulators just got stronger. On October 8, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced that Minnesota and New Hampshire have officially joined the Consortium of Privacy Regulators,...more

Hogan Lovells

Senator Marshall Introduces GRAS Reform Bill

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On November 6, 2025, Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the “Better Food Disclosure Act of 2025”, also known as the “Better FDA Act of 2025” (S. 3122) which would reform the Generally Recognized as Safe (“GRAS”) legal...more

Akerman LLP

Misleading email subject lines can lead to substantial liability

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In Brown v. Old Navy, LLC, 567 P.3d 38 (Wash. 2025), the Washington Supreme Court recently interpreted the state’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act to prohibit any false or misleading information in the subject line of a...more

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Financial Inclusion: UK government’s Strategy looks to embed accessibility and support into products and services

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Financial inclusion remains a particular area of focus for both the FCA and the government, and on 5 November 2025 HM Treasury (HMT) published its awaited Financial Inclusion Strategy....more

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State Law Roundup: Arbitration Changes and Junk Fee Rules in California and Massachusetts — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance...

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In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso break down recent state-law developments affecting auto dealers and finance companies in California and Massachusetts. The...more

Bracewell LLP

Google Agrees to $1.375 Billion Settlement as Texas Attorney General Continues Data Privacy Push

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On October 31, 2025, the Office of the Texas Attorney General announced the execution of a $1.375 billion settlement agreement with Google regarding privacy claims originating from two lawsuits filed by Texas against Google...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: 2025, Issue 15

FTC Alleges LA Fitness Employs Unfair Practices to Obstruct Membership Cancellations - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently filed a lawsuit alleging LA Fitness that the nationwide chain of gyms violated the FTC Act...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court Dismisses Telephone Consumer Protection Act Text Message Claim, Finds Statute Does Not Cover Texts

On October 24, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed a lawsuit alleging promotional text messages sent to a consumer’s phone violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court Denies Trade Organization’s Attempt to Stop CFPB’s Final PACE Rule

On November 3, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida denied a motion to enjoin a final rule issued by the CFPB that applies TILA protections and other federal regulations to residential PACE financing....more

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