Consumer Protection

Out with the old, in with the new. Well, it's more of the latter as we step into 2025. Each state has new laws that went into effect on January 1st, 2025, or are due to begin at some point this year. Certain topics were hot-button issues…

What do William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, the Marx Brothers, and Popeye have in common? As of the stroke of midnight on January 1st, 2025, either some of their works or the character itself entered the U.S. public domain. But what exactly does entering the…

Waking up on a Saturday morning and watching cartoons is a time-honored tradition for many grade school kids. And generally, for those kids, the best kinds of cereals don’t look — or taste — like anything you’d find in nature. One such staple of countless pantries across…

Leading up to election day, the cryptocurrency industry found itself at a critical juncture, grappling with a formidable regulatory crackdown that threatened its very existence in the United States. But as the dust settles on the election, the crypto market is looking at a renaissance. FTX…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed pulling some over-the-counter cold medicine across the country. Research has found that phenylephrine, an active ingredient in a number of cold and flu medicines, can be ineffective on children and adults when administered orally.

In California, a bag of Skittles may soon look completely different. And so may your beloved Cheetos, Doritos, and Froot Loops. California governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law the California School Food Safety Act, which targets specific artificial food dyes. This is the first state to…