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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – January 2025 # 3
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have ...
Landlord overcharged renters hundreds of millions in junk fees for years, alleges FTC lawsuit
The FTC and the State of Colorado recently sued a prominent property management company, alleging hidden fees added on top of ...
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The U.S. turns a page with Trump inauguration
President Trump emphasized the border, economic growth and energy independence in his inaugural messages Monday but his ...
How Biden’s actions will protect consumers
Democrats may have lost power in Washington in part because voters blamed them for the rising cost of goods, but when Joe ...
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Colorado Democrats look to crack down on rental housing fees
The effort got a boost last week from an outgoing Federal Trade Commission official, who sent a letter to Gov. Jared Polis ...
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FTC Announces Final Junk Fees Rule Applying to Live-Event Tickets and Short-Term Lodging
On December 17, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its final “Junk Fees Rule” (the “Final Rule” or “Rule”) to prevent ...
The head of a federal agency for consumers has packed up his office. But will Trump fire him?
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, has been waiting for a phone call, letter, email, ...
On Your Side: Federal Trade Commission to refund $5 Million to customers of debit relief
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against ACRO Services in November of 2022 and from that lawsuit the FTC will be ...
FTC's 'click to cancel' just kicked in, but unsubscribing may not get easier just yet - here's why
The ruling, which went into effect this week, requires businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up for ...
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Genshin Impact game maker fined $20 million for privacy violations
The maker of the video game Genshin Impact has agreed to pay $20 million and make changes to address allegations by the ...
Colorado attorney general says one of state’s largest landlords uses deceptive advertising
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says that property management company Greystar has swindled renters' money using ...
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Biden's US FTC chair to resign commission in coming weeks, memo says
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Lina Khan, who until Monday was an aggressive enforcer of antitrust law as the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC ... the U.S. consumer protection ...