Federal Judge Orders Halt to Trump Administration Efforts to Dismantle CFPB April 1, 2025 By Douglas Gillison A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from pursuing efforts to dismantle...
Trump Administration Dismisses Democratic FTC Commissioners March 18, 2025 By Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen The Trump administration dismissed two Democrats on the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, in the latest example of the...
Consumer Finance Watchdog Chief Tells all Staff to Cease Work February 10, 2025 By Douglas Gillison President Donald Trump’s newly installed chief of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told all of the agency’s staff on...
Bessent to Be Acting CFPB Head, Pauses Rules and Litigation February 4, 2025 By Saleha Mohsin and Paige Smith Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the acting head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, signaling a potential shift...
Trump Fires Biden’s Consumer Protection Watchdog Rohit Chopra February 3, 2025 By Paige Smith and Katanga Johnson Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Joe Biden, was fired by the Trump administration,...
Danone Wins Dismissal of Evian Microplastics Lawsuit November 7, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel The maker of Evian spring water, Danone, won the dismissal of a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing it of defrauding consumers...
American Air Fined Over Treatment of Travelers With Disabilities October 23, 2024 By Allyson Versprille and Mary Schlangenstein American Airlines Group Inc. agreed to a $50 million civil penalty to resolve claims by the Biden administration that the...
Amazon Steers Consumers to Higher-Priced Items, Lawsuit Claims February 9, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Amazon.com was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by...
SCOTUS Declines to Hear Exxon, Koch Industries Appeal on Venue in Climate Case January 9, 2024 By Clark Mindock The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by major fossil fuel companies and an industry trade...
Publishers Clearing House Settles for $18.5 Million for Misleading Consumers June 27, 2023 By Diane Bartz Publishers Clearing House (PCH), which offers sweepstakes where people can win thousands of dollars per week for life, has agreed...