A German court ruled that the makers of Milka cheated consumers by cutting the bar's size, while keeping the wrapper the same. The three-week case in a regional court was brought by Hamburg's consumer protection office. It accused the chocolate brand's US owner Mondelez of deceiving shoppers by cutting the weight of Milka's classic Alpine Milk bar from 100g to 90g without significantly altering the distinctive purple packaging.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra as secretary of the state's new Business and Consumer Services Agency. The agency launches July 1 and will place DFPI and DRE under a consolidated enforcement and licensing structure.
Paxton alleged the streaming giant violated the state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act by lying about collecting subscriber data. His lawsuit pointed to comments made by Netflix co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings, a fierce Trump critic, in 2020 where he said the company is not integrating everybody's data; the lawsuit said Hastings double down soon after and vowed we don't collect anything something Paxton said he did to save the company from scrutiny other tech companies like Meta and Apple faced. That was all bogus, Paxton claimed.
“The exploitation of sports and music fans must come to an end. It is unacceptable that tickets for concerts or football games are resold at exorbitant prices on the secondary market. We need clear and effective rules for the ticket resale market that protect consumers and organisers, securing fair prices. Culture and sport must not become a lucrative model for exploitation.”
Iowa requires crypto ATM operators to hold money transmission licenses before running kiosks. Location reporting, fee disclosures, and consumer protection penalties expand state oversight authority. Enforcement actions may seek injunctions, compliance orders, and higher penalties against violators.
The amended complaint describes a bait-and-switch tactic in which the lender would initially offer artificially favorable, non-fixed terms during the shopping phase to attract borrowers, only to raise the costs and interest rates later at the lock phase.
Compass claims that only a monopolist like NWMLS would sue its own customer for daring to stand up for competition and homeowner choice. NWMLS's counterclaims attempt to manufacture tort liability from Compass's efforts to help its brokers comply with their fiduciary duties.
"If AI companies are unable to increase revenues with lightning speed, they won't be able to service their massive debt loads. And because of shady accounting strategies, the first big stumble will have everyone running for the exits, potentially triggering destabilizing losses in the financial sector and another 2008-style financial crisis."
The remote casino sector, which is industry jargon for online gaming, is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the market. It quietly overtook traditional sports betting a few years ago and hasn't looked back since.
SelfExclude.io provides users with a way to voluntarily block themselves from prediction market trading across various platforms. Instead of managing limits on each app, users can enroll once, and the restriction applies broadly.
DFI alleges that Newrez engaged in unfair or deceptive practices that affected 29 Washington consumers by failing to mediate in good faith during foreclosure proceedings, providing misleading information, and responding to concerns untimely.
