Consumer Protection

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…

Political ads saturate our media during election cycles. While this is nothing new, it used be involve easily managed mailers and land-line calls. Now, we field text messages, cell phone calls, mailers, campaign emails, YouTube ads, social media ads, and on and on. It’s hard to avoid…

We recently reported on a win for tech companies over consumers over subscriptions that automatically renew without a legitimate “opt-in” from the user. YouTube users claimed that the company’s auto-renewals for paid subscriptions violated Oregon laws by not clearly disclosing renewal terms or obtaining proper consent.