By Charles Toutant | May 5, 2017
Courts handling class actions are unlikely to get any help from the FDA over what the word "natural" means when it comes to food.
By C. Ryan Barber | May 2, 2017
"While we hear a lot of fabricated outrage about the impact of regulations, there is far less genuine discussion about the real costs of a failure to act," Elliot Kaye, a U.S. Consumer Product Safety commissioner, said recently in voting with the majority to advance new regulations for table saws. Democrats still hold a majority at the product-safety commission, posing one block on the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda.
By Ben Hancock | May 1, 2017
New technology means new types of exposure. Here's a guide to some of the litigation risks posed by driverless cars, connected devices, drones and data troves.
By Tony Mauro | May 1, 2017
A mixed-bag ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gives ammunition to both sides in litigation between cities and banks over the impact of predatory lending practices on local communities.
By Stephanie Forshee | April 27, 2017
The CFPB has filed a suit against several online lenders, accusing them of charging illegally high interest rates and violating consumer protection laws.
By Cheryl Miller | April 27, 2017
Airbnb Inc. will institute anti-bias training for its employees and track how often guests of color are denied short-term rentals under terms of an agreement with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing announced Thursday.
By C. Ryan Barber | April 27, 2017
Ocwen Financial Corp., the mortgage loan servicer fighting a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit, has turned to an unlikely source for help: the U.S. Justice Department. In a federal court filing styled as a motion "to invite the views of the attorney general of the United States," the company on Wednesday took the remarkable step of asking the Justice Department to weigh in on the side of a corporation fighting another federal agency.
By Charles Toutant | April 26, 2017
Already under scrutiny from lawmakers over pricing of its EpiPen epinephrine injector, Mylan faces new lawsuits from consumers and a competitor in New Jersey federal courts accusing it of taking anti-competitive actions to protect its product's market share.
By Cheryl Miller | April 22, 2017
Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filled top posts in his office with civil rights and federal agency lawyers, a nod to his 24 years in Congress and his new role as a Trump administration antagonist.
By Samantha Joseph | April 20, 2017
New troubles are brewing for embattled mortgage loan servicer Ocwen Financial Corp., hit Thursday with two high-profile lawsuits by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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