A bipartisan alliance of AGs from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina have joined officials and federal agencies from across the Southeast region to launch the Southeast Fraud Enforcement Federal-State Partnership. The Justice Departments National Fraud Enforcement Division announced this new federal-state cooperation agreements with an event that brought together 18…

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The FTC, Utah, and California jointly have sued Hims & Hers alleging that the telehealth provider shared consumers’ sensitive health information about medical conditions with third party advertising platforms despite claiming its services maintain consumers privacy, and further alleging that the company deceives users about their billing and cancellation practices. The complaint alleges that Hims…

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The former CEO of the cryptocurrency platform Celsius Network Inc. (Celsius), and his business partners Shlomi Daniel Leon and Hanoch “Nuke” Goldstein have been ordered to pay a total of $16.5 million to resolve the FTC’s charges that they deceived users by falsely promising that deposits made to their cryptocurrency platform would be safe and always available.

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The FTC has secured a settlement in an antitrust lawsuit against farm equipment manufacturer Deere & Company (Deere) now allowing farmers the right to repair their own John Deere tractors and farm equipment. The settlement resolves the FTC and five states joint lawsuit against Deere, filed in January 2025, which alleged that Deere used unlawful…

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The companies that operate Hopper travel apps have agreed to pay $35 million and will be prohibited from deceiving consumers about fees to settle the FTCs allegations that they unfairly charged consumers hidden fees and misrepresented the total prices consumers would pay. The FTC’s complaint alleges that despite the companies “no hidden fees” promises, the…

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