Consumer Protection

Scholars consider methods to regulate the practice of setting individualized prices based on personal data.

The Supreme Court reaffirms lower courts’ ability to claw-back profits from violators of securities laws.

Scholar recommends consumer protection laws to combat misuse of data in the sharing economy.

Food regulators in the United States should adopt smarter front-of-package labeling to encourage healthier eating.

Scholar argues that many companies use unsubstantiated environmental claims to mislead consumers.

The U.S. government is clamping down on seafood fraud and illegal fishing for shrimp imports.

New law implicates the political insulation, structure, and power of Egypt’s consumer protection regulator.

A proposed requirement to display drug list prices in advertisements draws controversy.

Scholar argues that more private enforcement mechanisms will strengthen consumer credit reporting.

The Dodd-Frank rollback will prohibit credit bureaus from charging fees to freeze credit reports.

Ninth Circuit orders EPA to propose a new standard for lead dust and an updated definition for lead paint.

Mediation should be regulated for the good of the public, argues legal scholar.