The FTC announced that online bill payment firm Doxo will pay $2.1 million to settle FTC allegations that the company and two of its co-founders used misleading search ads to impersonate consumers’ billers and misled consumers about millions of dollars in fees they tacked on to consumers’ bills. In a 2024 complaint, the FTC alleged…

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A judge has issued a final order requiring KalshiEX (Kalshi) to suspend many of its Washington operations after concluding that Kalshi likely violated the Washington Gambling Act and the Consumer Protection Act. The order requires Kalshi to stop offering, accepting, or facilitating wagers on sports, elections, politics, entertainment, tech, and science, or mentions in Washington…

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Montana AG Austin Knudsen led a coalition of seven AGs asking the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to reject the proposed merger between freight railroad companies Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS), alleging that the merger would reduce competition and increase costs for consumers.

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A federal judge has ruled that Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar) failed to comply with a court order requiring Nexstar to maintain TEGNA Inc, as a separate and independently managed competitor and prohibiting Nexstar from exercising control over TEGNA’s management while a multistate lawsuit challenging Nexstar’s proposed acquisition of TEGNA moves through the courts. The multistate…

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Ohio AG Andy Wilson is seeking lead-plaintiff status in a securities class action lawsuit against Roblox, a video game developer, over allegations that the company has misled investors about child safety protections on its digital platform. The AGs office filed a motion to lead the case on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System…

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