North America: Consumer Protection

Connecticut imposes new training, continuing education and recordkeeping requirements on homemaker-companion agencies and registries, effective 01.01.27.

Certified nutrition experts Joanne Smith and Kylie James examine the powerful connection between dietary choices and professional resilience for caregivers and clinicians. Drawing from specialized research in traumatic injury and neurological conditions, they reveal how strategic nutrition can protect well-being and sustain the capacity to care for others facing compassion fatigue.

Dr. Nicole Piemonte challenges the conventional understanding of compassion fatigue, proposing that what healthcare professionals experience stems not from excessive caring, but from profound disconnection. Drawing on her research in medical humanities and healthcare coaching, she explores how genuine connection can transform vulnerability into post-traumatic growth and restore purpose in clinical practice.

Connecticut's 2026 legislative session transformed the state's Unfair Trade Practices Act into a primary vehicle for technology regulation, creating fifteen new per se violations while systematically excluding private enforcement rights for AI and tech-related provisions. This shift represents a fundamental change in how Connecticut regulates technology companies, concentrating enforcement power exclusively with the Attorney General for areas ranging from AI companion safety to surveillance pricing.

The FTC has filed a major enforcement action against the Genesis Tech enterprise, targeting 15 corporations and eight individuals for allegedly running deceptive subscription schemes through marketing affiliates.

The Federal Trade Commission ramped up enforcement actions across multiple fronts in June 2026, targeting multilevel marketing schemes, mortgage relief scams, and privacy violations while also scrutinizing diversity programs...

California's proposed AB 1921, the Protect Our Games Act, aims to prevent video game publishers from "sunsetting" live service games without providing refunds or ensuring continued functionality.

With the Governor of Louisiana’s signature on Senate Bill 386, Louisiana becomes one of the latest states to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law, joining more than twenty states that have adopted similar...

A comprehensive examination of coerced debt—a growing issue where survivors of domestic violence, elder abuse, and human trafficking are manipulated into incurring debt without meaningful consent.

On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO)...

On June 15, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced a statewide initiative to crack down on consumer “junk fees” through tighter regulation and enforcement. The announcement is the latest state-level effort to expand consumer protection amid the federal pullback at agencies like the CFPB.

This comprehensive newsletter covers recent federal and state consumer protection enforcement actions, including FTC lawsuits against dietary supplement companies and mortgage relief operators, multi-state settlements involving COVID-19 testing businesses, and new regulatory initiatives like California's Affordability Response Team.