Not quite a year after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its January 2025 report urging states to strengthen state-level consumer protections, New York enacted the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable (FAIR) Business Practices Act into law. The FAIR Act amends New York’s general business law to prohibit unfair and abusive business acts and practices beyond deceptive conduct.

Following the August 5, 2024, decision in United States v. Google where the D.C. District Court found Google to be a monopolist, Judge Amit Mehta issued what would end up being the first remedies opinion on September 2, 2025. The decision establishes a six-year framework designed to promote competition in the general search engine market. 

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer has been dismissed, closing a high-profile cybersecurity enforcement action. This comes as SEC actions against public companies have dropped 30% year-over-year, with the lowest level of enforcement action since 2012—highlighting a notable slowdown in regulatory activity.