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• CFPB sues Walmart and Branch Messenger

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s complaint involves gig drivers who took packages the “last mile” from Walmart stores to customers’ homes. The complaint says Walmart and Branch opened the Branch accounts using the drivers’ Social Security numbers without their consent.

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• An elite college antitrust suit and the illusion of meritocracy

  by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

  

  Plaintiffs in a 2022 class-action lawsuit against 17 elite colleges who allege the schools colluded in determining financial aid packages are seeking $685 million in damages.

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