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Latham & Watkins LLP

FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule to Take Effect on May 14, 2025, Despite Litigation

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Companies with B2C or B2B recurring payment programs that include negative option terms should review their disclosure, consent, and cancellation practices to ensure compliance with the rule....more

Perkins Coie

FTC “Click-To-Cancel” Rule Goes Into Effect May 14

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Key Takeaways - - Beginning May 14, businesses offering "negative option features" can incur significant financial penalties for each violation of the FTC’s “click-to-cancel” rule. - The rule imposes obligations related to...more

Alston & Bird

Cancellation Practices Back in the Spotlight as Click-to-Cancel Rule Looms

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Our Consumer Protection/FTC Group investigates the implications of a Federal Trade Commission complaint against Uber alleging deceptive billing and cancellation practices under the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC Signals Enforcement on Auto-Renewing Subscriptions and Sales

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In January 2025, prior to President Donald Trump's inauguration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its Click to Cancel Rule (Rule). This regulation requires additional disclosures, consents and simple cancellation...more

Venable LLP

FTC Makes Clear It Will Continue Regulating Subscription Services and Signals Enforcement Priority for Negative Option Rule in...

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This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit in federal court against rideshare and delivery company Uber for allegedly deceptive subscription practices, including making it unreasonably difficult to cancel....more

Venable LLP

FTC Files Brief Defending “Click to Cancel” Negative Option Rule

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Ending speculation and uncertainty about whether new leadership at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would repeal or continue to defend the agency’s Negative Option Rule, which regulates offerings such as autorenewal of...more

Vedder Price

An Offer You Can’t Refuse: The FTC’s New “Click-to-Cancel” Rule

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On January 14, 2025, the first part of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) update to the Negative Option Rule went into effect. Negative options are contract terms that allow a seller to interpret a customer’s silence or...more

Clark Hill PLC

FTC Finalizes Click-To-Cancel Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently finalized and issued a new rule governing negative option features, like subscription or membership agreements with automatic renewal and recurring payment options. The rule,...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Q&A on Consumer Protection Law Changes: No more “Junk Fees,” “Taylor Swift” Ticket Upcharges, or Undisclosed Auto-renewal...

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Starting this year, there are a swath of new state and federal consumer protection laws that have already or will soon go into effect, impacting a broad range of businesses across industry types. Whether you are an...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FTC Finalizes Click to Cancel and Negative Option Rule

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On October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a revision to its negative option rule. The rule, formally entitled the “Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Programs,” is a...more

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