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Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Ask and You Shall Receive a Recurring Subscription: FTC Sues a Web Q&A Service for Deceptive Negative Option

Two weeks into the new year, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued JustAnswer LLC and its CEO (together, “JustAnswer”), alleging they deceived consumers into enrolling in monthly recurring subscriptions without obtaining...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Click-to-Cancel is (Mostly*) Dead, But Amazon Settlement Proves Enforcement Lives On

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday announced a bombshell $2.5 billion settlement in its lawsuit with Amazon regarding what the FTC alleged were unfair practices relating to Amazon’s Prime subscription product; this...more

Alston & Bird

FTC Enforcement of Cancellation Practices Continues After Click-to-Cancel Rule Defeated

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Our Consumer Protection/FTC Team examines how the FTC continues to actively pursue companies with allegedly complicated cancellation practices by relying on existing legal authority despite setbacks to the Click-to-Cancel...more

Winstead PC

8th Circuit Vacates FTC’s “Click to Cancel Rule”

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On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Click to Cancel Rule (the “Rule”), which was previously scheduled to take effect on May 14, 2025, and later...more

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