This GT Alert summarizes the state-law developments and highlights practical compliance considerations for businesses that develop, sell, or use algorithmic pricing tools.
Continue Reading Algorithmic Pricing Under Fire: State Restrictions on Personalized and Surveillance Pricing
Vermont joins the Consortium of Privacy Regulators, expanding multistate privacy enforcement coordination among state regulators.
Continue Reading Vermont Joins Growing Consortium of State Privacy Regulators
On July 10, 2026, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) finalized and adopted its “Click-to-Cancel Rule,” which takes effect on Oct. 1, 2026.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Discord under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, alleging false safety representations and default settings that expose minors to exploitation risks.
California’s DFPI reached a $1 million settlement with Yotta Technologies over alleged false FDIC insurance representations connected to the Synapse bankruptcy, signaling heightened state scrutiny of fintech-bank partnerships and banking-as-a-service models.
Virginia’s HB1022/SB493 amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to impose new auto-renewal compliance obligations on businesses serving consumers in the Commonwealth, effective July 1, 2026. Sellers must now offer cancellation mechanisms that mirror sign-up channels in ease and availability, and the previously available good-faith compliance defense has been eliminated.
Continue Reading Virginia Enacts Automatic Renewal Consumer Protection Law
Greenberg Traurig’s Timothy A. Butler was quoted in Law360 discussing the implications of former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s appointment to lead California’s newly formed Business and Consumer Services Agency. Butler notes the move signals that California will more aggressively regulate and monitor companies serving consumers and small and medium-sized businesses.
Continue Reading Go West: Ex-CFPB Chief Poised To Make Mark Next In Calif.
On May 12, 2026, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to lead California’s newly created Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA). If confirmed by the California Senate, Chopra will serve as the first secretary of the
On April 28, 2026, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed HB 895, the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act, into law. The Act makes Maryland the first state to enact a sector-specific restriction on certain personalized, or “surveillance,” pricing practices in the food retail context. Though this legislation is unprecedented, legislators limited its scope to prevent