Opinion: Consumers have broad opportunities to seek protection and recovery through class actions against social media companies due to evolving state statutes and litigation developments.

Q: In your July 21 column, "The fate of consumer-protection rules," you wrote, "It will be a year until the president's immediate-repeal directive can take effect, and it will probably be another year ...

The Trump administration, supported by major US crypto firms, has largely dismantled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, leaving consumers vulnerable. The recent departure of a high-ranking US ...

Class-action settlements alone hit nearly $40 billion in 2024, marking the third consecutive, record-setting year in the category. Private TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) claims have also ...

Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...

If Board of Supervisors Chair Terra Lawson-Remer has her way, San Diego County could tap a more than $200 million pool of money to set up a new team of lawyers to take on consumer litigation. District ...