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Utah Becomes Latest Front in CFTC’s Prediction Market Jurisdiction Fight

October 28, 2026
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FTC Lawsuit Alleges Dollar General Routinely Overcharges Shoppers at Register
Legal & Regulation // October 26, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued Dollar General Monday (Oct. 26), alleging that the retailer routinely overcharges customers and has done so for years. The complaint alleged that Dollar General routinely charges customers more at the register than the prices displayed on shelves,...

Rhode Island Lawsuit Claims Meta Knowingly Profits From Financial Scam Ads
Legal & Regulation // October 23, 2026

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha sued Meta Thursday (Oct. 22), alleging that the company fails to block advertisements for fraudulent products and financial scams on its platforms, Neronha said in a press release. The lawsuit alleged that Meta knows “that scam ads cause...

Meta Slams New Mexico Business Climate After $25 Billion Verdict
Legal & Regulation // October 21, 2026

Meta’s chief legal officer said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that it is “all but impossible to do business” in New Mexico after a court ordered the company to pay $25 billion in a case brought by the state’s attorney general. The case brought by New Mexico...

Federal Judge Denies Gemini and CFTC Bid to Erase 2025 Settlement
Cryptocurrency // October 16, 2026

A federal judge refused to overturn a $5 million settlement that cryptocurrency exchange Gemini reached with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in January 2025 and has already paid, CoinDesk reported Friday (Oct. 16). The CFTC has since said that it never should have brought the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Robinhood Sues States to Turn Sports Bets Into Wall Street Trades

August 25, 2025
The lines between the gamification of money and the monetization of gaming are increasingly blurring. At the heart of this blurring lies a fundamental tension: Are sports prediction markets better viewed as financial investments, e.g. derivatives regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC), or as gambling needing state-level regulation? Last week, Robinhood, the retail […]

Agentic AI Raises Alarm Bells for Antitrust Regulators

August 05, 2025
Watch more: Agentic AI Poses New Antitrust Risks, Legal Experts Warn As agentic artificial intelligence gains traction in enterprise applications, a paper in the June CPI TechREG Chronicle warns that...

Open Banking Rule in Limbo as Legal Jousting Continues

June 02, 2025
It’s Monday, June 2 and at this writing the ultimate fate of Rule 1033 — the so-called “open banking” rule set in motion last year by the Consumer Financial Protection...

FDIC Suit Against Former SVB Execs Highlights Continued Scrutiny of Risk Models

January 20, 2025
The new administration is here, ushering in a phase of uncertainty surrounding banking regulations and the state of the regulatory agencies themselves. Beyond the usual avenues of rule-making and enforcement...

Quick Reads
FTC Lawsuit Alleges Dollar General Routinely Overcharges Shoppers at Register

October 26, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued Dollar General Monday (Oct. 26), alleging that the retailer routinely overcharges customers and has done so for years. The complaint alleged that Dollar General routinely charges customers more at the register than the prices displayed on shelves, price tags and advertisements, and that it failed to correct […]

Rhode Island Lawsuit Claims Meta Knowingly Profits From Financial Scam Ads

October 23, 2026
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha sued Meta Thursday (Oct. 22), alleging that the company fails to block advertisements for fraudulent products and financial scams on its platforms, Neronha...

Meta Slams New Mexico Business Climate After $25 Billion Verdict

October 21, 2026
Meta’s chief legal officer said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that it is “all but impossible to do business” in New Mexico after a court ordered the company to pay $25 billion...

Federal Judge Denies Gemini and CFTC Bid to Erase 2025 Settlement

October 16, 2026
A federal judge refused to overturn a $5 million settlement that cryptocurrency exchange Gemini reached with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in January 2025 and has already paid, CoinDesk reported...