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Sunday, October 4, 2026
The Daily Vigilance Briefing — the consumer-protection docket read for you every morning: new filings, legal developments, and settlements across consumer law, built to keep you on top of the competition, the trends, the state of the law, and the value of cases.
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Notable new filings4
Notable consumer-protection actions from the last few days — federal by nature of suit, plus state-court filings the federal dockets miss; with the filing firm and a docket link.
Consumer Fraud / False Advertising
Comparable settlements: $6.3M median ($2.5M–$16.5M) · ~$50/member · 176 comparable settlements
Colby v. CVS Health Corporation (D.R.I., 2026-10-01)CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc. falsely labeled and advertised Well Market "Sugar Free" Drink Mix Replenish as "ZERO SUGAR" despite containing allulose sugar.
filed by Law Offices of Peter N. Wasylyk ·
docket ↗ Wells v. Dunkin Brands, Inc. (D. Mass., 2026-09-30)Dunkin' Brands, Inc. and Inspire Brands, Inc. falsely marketed Dunkin' Zero beverages as containing "0g of sugar" when they actually contain 9-13 grams of allulose, a monosaccharide sugar.
Schoenrock v. Dunkin' Brands, Inc. (E.D.N.Y, 2026-09-29)Dunkin' Brands falsely advertised product quality or ingredients to consumers.
filed by Gabrielli Levitt LLP ·
docket ↗ Loscano v. Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC d/b/a TheLender (C.D. Cal., 2026-09-29)Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC d/b/a TheLender failed to properly secure consumers' personal identifying information, resulting in a data breach.
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