Compliance & Ethics

Kroger Agrees to $100 Million Overhaul After DOJ Finds Widespread Refrigerant Control Failures

The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled a proposed settlement with The Kroger Company, resolving allegations that the grocery chain violated the Clean Air Act by failing to properly manage leaks of ozone-depleting refrigerants at stores nationwide.

CFTC Broadens Legal Fight as Wisconsin Becomes Latest Front in Prediction Markets Dispute

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has expanded its fast-moving legal campaign against state regulators, filing a lawsuit against Wisconsin in the latest effort to assert federal control over prediction markets.

EU Finds Meta Falling Short on Child Safety as DSA Probe Intensifies

The European Commission has preliminarily concluded that Meta is failing to adequately prevent children under 13 from accessing Instagram and Facebook, raising fresh concerns about how one of the world’s largest platforms is enforcing its own age restrictions under the Digital Services Act.

Italian Regulator Fines Snack Makers €23 Million Over Private Label Cartel

Italy’s antitrust regulator has handed down more than €23 million in fines to three of the country’s leading snack manufacturers, concluding that they coordinated their behavior in a market-sharing arrangement that limited competition in the private label sector.

CFTC Takes Fight to New York as Federal-State Clash Over Prediction Markets Deepens

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has opened a new front in its escalating battle with state regulators, filing suit against New York in a bid to halt what it describes as unlawful encroachment on its authority over prediction markets.

Money3 Ordered to Pay $1.02 Million After Court Finds Lender Left Vulnerable Borrowers Exposed

When Australians who can't get a bank loan need a car, they often turn to lenders like Money3. The company has built its business precisely on that gap — offering vehicle finance through brokers and dealerships to people locked out of the mainstream. It's a service that, done right, can be genuinely valuable. Done wrong, the consequences land on people who can least afford them.

Online Mattress Retailer Fined $9.8 Million Over Misleading Discount Claims

The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that Emma Sleep and Emma Sleep Southeast Asia breached the Australian Consumer Law by promoting products with inflated reference prices and misleading time-limited offers. Each entity was fined $4.9 million (AUD 7.5 million).