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"Junk Fee" Legislative Roundup – 2025 Edition
2024 was an action-packed year for followers of federal and state laws and regulations governing the disclosure of fees, or so-called “junk fee” laws. In the waning days of the Biden administration, the FTC released a…
Massachusetts Hops on the Junk Fee Bandwagon – and Online Cancellation, Too
This week, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office touted the release of draft regulations to prohibit hidden “junk fees,” enhance transparency in various transactions, and make it easy for…
CFPB Issues Proposed Rule to Expand Supervisory Authority, Conduct Examinations of Digital Wallets and Mobile Payment Apps
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a notice of proposed rulemaking that would allow the agency to supervise and conduct examinations of certain non-bank providers of digital wallets and…
California Bans Hidden Fees
As we posted yesterday, the FTC announced a proposed rule that could fundamentally alter how businesses across industries advertise prices and disclose fees to consumers. At around the same time the FTC was preparing…
California Just Passed SB 362: Whatever You Think About the Merits of the Law, It’s a Big Deal
As we’ve discussed here, data brokers have been in the hot seat lately, with the enactment of new state data broker registry laws, aggressive enforcement by the FTC, a looming rulemaking by the CFPB to extend the…