16 Oct, 2024 ‘Click to Cancel’ is Here, as FTC Announces Final Negative Option Rule By Kate Patton Terri Seligman The Federal Trade Commission today (finally) announced its final “click-to-cancel” rule, which imposes new requirements on negative...
26 Sep, 2024 California Amends Its Auto-Renewal Law, Effective July 1, 2025 By Kate Patton State auto-renewal law updates continue to keep us busy—and this week is no exception. On Tuesday, California, whose statute has...
05 May, 2024 State Auto-Renewal Law Update: Utah Enacts, Virginia Amends, and California Proposes Major Amendments By Kate Patton The negative option space has been quite active at the state level recently, with new laws enacted and existing laws updated — and the...
13 Oct, 2023 FTC Settles With Marketer Over Alleged Junk Fees and Subscription Traps By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached a settlement with a marketer of skin creams, resolving allegations that the...
14 Jan, 2023 FTC's Action on Earnings Claims Has Important Lessons for All Advertisers By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it reached a $1.7 million settlement with WealthPress, resolving allegations that the...
29 Mar, 2022 Raging Mad: Subscription Program Provokes Ire of Consumers, and the FTC By Terri Seligman The FTC recently announced a settlement with the operators of RagingBull.com, an online stock trading site. This is a case about a...
14 Dec, 2021 FTC Says It's Planning to Look at Green Marketing, Pricing, and "Free" Claims in 2022, but no Word on Timing for Endorsement and COPPA Reviews By Jeff Greenbaum The White House has just released the Biden Administration's "Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions," which...