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Monday, October 5, 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: $6.0M median ($2.4M–$16.5M) · ~$50/member · 173 comparable settlements
Colby v. CVS Health Corporation (D.R.I., 2026-10-01)CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy 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 sugar.
Consumer Credit (FCRA / FDCPA)
Comparable settlements: $2.3M median ($1.7M–$4.2M) · ~$250/member · 22 comparable settlements
Ruiz Juarez v. Bank of America, N.A. (C.D. Cal., 2026-10-04)Bank of America, N.A., Oportun, Inc., and the three credit bureaus allegedly furnished, reported, and failed to reinvestigate inaccurate negative information on Plaintiff's credit reports in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act.
Browning Jr. v. SOUTHWEST CREDIT SYSTEMS, L.P. (E.D. Pa., 2026-10-02)Southwest Credit Systems violated the Fair Debt Collection Act in collecting debts.