Federal consumer-protection lawsuits rose 31% in 2025 to the highest level in ten years, led by a 44% jump in Fair Credit Reporting Act cases and a 63% jump in robocall and text cases. Here’s what the new Lex Machina report found and how to tell whether a credit-reporting error or unwanted call gives you a claim.
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General has sued two western Pennsylvania men and their companies over an alleged rent-to-own scheme: they took over homeowners’ mortgages, “sold” the homes to buyers on installment contracts, and then let the mortgages default. A court has already frozen evictions. Here’s what happened and how to protect yourself.
The FTC is mailing 65,022 checks totaling more than $9.8 million to people who were scammed through Walmart money transfers. Separately, the Justice Department has reopened the Western Union fraud-victim compensation program until December 31, 2026. Here’s who qualifies, how to tell a real check from a fake, and what to do now.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an agreed final judgment with Temu that requires U.S. data storage, annual independent product testing for lead, PFAS and other harmful materials, and full refunds to Texans who bought products that fail. Here’s what the settlement does, what it doesn’t, and what shoppers can do now.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Gerber and Nestlé USA under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, alleging Gerber marketed its baby food as safe and rigorously tested while its own testing found high levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium. Here’s what the lawsuit claims, what it asks for, and what parents can do now.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has sued Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx under the state’s consumer protection law, alleging a scheme that drove insulin list prices up by more than 1,000%. Here’s what the lawsuit claims, what it asks for and what you can do now.
Pennsylvania lawmakers have given final approval to Senate Bill 806, the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act. It would require ads that use AI-generated or significantly AI-altered images, video or audio in a misleading way to say so. Here’s what the bill does, what it doesn’t, and what you can do about a deceptive ad today.
The FTC is sending more than $15.8 million to over 2.1 million people who paid Cleo AI for instant cash advances. Here’s who qualifies, how the PayPal payments work, how to avoid refund scams, and what to do if another cash advance app treated you the same way.
On October 5, 2026, the FTC dismissed its two-year-old complaint accusing three Asbury-owned Texas dealerships of “payment packing” and charging buyers for add-ons they never agreed to. The allegations were never decided. Here’s why the case ended, and why car buyers can still fight hidden add-on charges under state law.
A federal judge in Nashville refused to dismiss a TCPA class action over 150+ ringless voicemails and prerecorded calls pitching debt relief. The court rejected the argument that calling back meant the consumer consented. Here’s what the ruling means for you.
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