AGs in Iowa and Oklahoma advanced separate consumer protection actions against Roblox over allegations that the gaming platform misrepresented its child-safety protections and exposed minors to unsafe online interactions. In Iowa, a court partially denied Roblox’s motion to dismiss AG Brenna Bird’s Iowa Consumer Fraud Act lawsuit, allowing the State’s deception claims and several unfair-practices…

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The FTC reached a $35 million settlement with Shutterstock, Inc. over allegations that the stock photo and video platform violated the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act by charging consumers without informed consent and making subscriptions difficult to cancel. According to the FTC’s complaint, Shutterstock allegedly failed to clearly disclose that certain…

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California AG Rob Bonta sent a letter to FIFA seeking information about potential violations of California consumer protection law in connection with ticket sales for 2026 World Cup games in California.

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Indiana AG Todd Rokita sued Roblox and Discord for allegedly violating the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act by marketing their platforms as safe for children while failing to implement sufficient protections against online predators. According to the complaint, Roblox allegedly allows children to create accounts without meaningful age verification and exposes minors to unsafe interactions…

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Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti reached an $11.1 million settlement with Mariner Finance resolving allegations that the company violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act and other consumer protection laws through deceptive lending practices and hidden add-on products. As previously reported, Tennessee was part of a bipartisan coalition of AGs that sued Mariner over its lending practices,…

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