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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • March 17, 2025

    Meta Facing Investor Suit Over €1.2B EU Data Privacy Fine

    A pair of pension funds on Monday filed suit against Meta Platforms Inc. in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing the company of repeatedly violating data privacy laws, a pattern that the funds say led to the company being fined €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) by European authorities.

  • March 17, 2025

    Yeti Escapes Suit Over Third-Party Info Sharing

    A California federal judge has freed Yeti from a woman's proposed class action accusing the cooler and drinkware company of disclosing people's personal and financial information to a payment processor without consent, saying the woman's now twice-amended complaint didn't fix problems the court had previously highlighted.

  • March 17, 2025

    Poppi Buyers Ink $8.9M Deal Over 'Gut Healthy' Soda Claims

    A group of Poppi-brand soda consumers asked a California federal judge Friday to greenlight an $8.9 million proposed settlement that would resolve consolidated false advertising claims alleging the beverage company misleadingly touted its products as "prebiotics for a healthy gut."

  • March 17, 2025

    Kroger Shakes Calif. Suit Over Interception Of Website Chats

    A California federal judge has refused to hold The Kroger Co. liable for a third party's allegedly unlawful eavesdropping on Kroger website users' chats, in a ruling that the grocery chain's counsel predicted could have a "wide impact" on the crush of state wiretapping litigation currently flooding the courts.

  • March 17, 2025

    OCC Green-Lights SmartBiz, Centrust Fintech Bank

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Monday it has given the green light for SmartBiz Loans to roll its new acquisition, CenTrust Bank NA, into a financial technology company called SmartBiz Bank NA.

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