Companies selling subscriptions have been busy navigating compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s Negative Option Rule, which is scheduled to go into effect July 14. But when it rains, it pours....more
6/24/2025
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Earlier this month, Massachusetts issued regulations on two of the hottest areas for consumer protection: junk fees and subscriptions. In this blog post, we address the junk fee requirements....more
It seems it’s not only the Biden administration that believes regulating “junk fees” is popular with voters. Minnesota joins California as states that have passed their own junk fee legislation. And given the number of other...more
Sometimes you hear grumbling that Leap Day shouldn’t mean an extra day of work – but not at the CFPB. The agency celebrated Feb. 29 this year by issuing guidance regarding “steering.”...more
3/6/2024
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In a rare example of a sweepstakes leading to litigation, Coinbase and its promotion agency, Marden-Kane, were sued over a sweepstakes run by Coinbase and administered by Marden-Kane titled “Trade Doge. Win Doge.” As...more