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FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Voided

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A unanimous three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit has vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule of amendments to the Negative Option Rule days before the rule’s scheduled July 14, 2025 effective date. The...more

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Eighth Circuit Cancels FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Rule

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On July 8, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s Negative Option Rule, also referred to as the “Click-to-Cancel” rule (the “Rule”), determining that the FTC...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Eighth Circuit vacates FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Rule in Custom Communications v. FTC

Just days before it was scheduled to take effect, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) amended Negative Option Rule, commonly known as the “Click-to-Cancel” Rule (Rule), was vacated by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Eighth Circuit Vacates FTC Click-to-Cancel Rule Days Before Compliance Deadline

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Although the entire Rule has been vacated, businesses offering negative option programs should remain aware of general unfair and deceptive advertising principles and applicable state law requirements. KEY POINTS: On July...more

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"Click to Cancel" Rule Vacated Ahead of July 14th Deadline

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Just days before the “Click to Cancel” negative option rule was to go into effect, the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the rule in its entirety. As explained in our previous alert, the rule, which would have gone into...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

FTC’s Click to Cancel Rule is Vacated, But Remember It Was Not Alone

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What happened and why?  On July 8, 2025, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the updated version of the FTC’s Negative Option Rule (also known as the “click to cancel” rule) to have...more

Perkins Coie

Eighth Circuit Hears Challenges to FTC Negative Option Rule

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On June 10, 2025, Judges Loken, Erickson, and Kobes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard oral argument on consolidated challenges filed by a security services company and a number of trade associations...more

Miller Canfield

FTC's 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule Battles Through Political Shifts and Legal Challenges

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Negative Option Rule, dubbed the “Click-to-Cancel” Rule (the “Rule”), stands to substantially change the way online businesses must interact with customers. Its fate is now in the hands...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Update on FTC’s CARS Rule

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As of April 27, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had not filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to appeal the Fifth Circuit’s decision vacating the Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation Rule (CARS Rule). The...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Litigation Byte (February 2025 Edition)

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The District of Maryland rejected a plaintiff’s arguments that a debt collector’s verification of a debt in response to a letter refusing to pay, but disputing the debt, violated the cease communication directive under the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

5th Circuit strikes down FTC’s CARS Rule

On February 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the FTC’s Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation Rule (CARS Rule), which aimed to address deceptive practices such as bait-and-switch tactics...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down FTC CARS Rule

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the FTC’s controversial CARS Rule, saying that the commission violated its own procedural rules by failing to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) before...more

Venable LLP

The Fifth Circuit Slams the Brakes and Vacates FTC CARS Rule

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This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Combatting Auto Retail Scams (CARS) rule....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

In Victory for Auto Dealers, Federal Court Strikes Down FTC’s CARS Rule

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Auto dealers nationwide received good news Monday when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the CARS Rule, a set of regulations passed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that would have imposed cumbersome...more

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Fifth Circuit Vacates FTC’s CARS Rule

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Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a significant opinion vacating the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation Rule (CARS Rule). The decision came in...more

Venable LLP

Fast VAST Update: Federal Court Declines to Stay FTC Negative Option Rule During Challenge

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Last Friday in a 2-1 order, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an initial challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Negative Option Rule. The challengers had asked the court to stay the Rule from taking...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Eighth Circuit Refuses to Stay Click-to-Cancel Rule

On January 17, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied a petition to administratively stay the effective date of the Federal Trade Commission’s controversial “Click-to-Cancel” Rule. A divided...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Intuit, In the Matter of (TurboTax),‎ Using “FREE” Messaging in Advertising May Cost You

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a ruling against Intuit with regard to TurboTax, a popular tax online preparation service, finding that Intuit violated the FTC Act by engaging in deceptive advertising practices. The...more

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2020 Advertising Law Year in Review

While 2020 was an eventful year in the world of advertising law, it feels wrong to begin any type of “year in review” without acknowledging the global events of this year, and the challenges they have brought to every...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Washington Court of Appeals Upholds Multi-Million Dollar Fine for 5-Hour Energy Advertising Claims

On March 18, 2019, the Washington Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s decision that three advertising campaigns for 5-Hour Energy® made by Living Essentials, LLP and Innovative Ventures, LLP (collectively, Living...more

Snell & Wilmer

The Anatomy of an FTC Data Security Lawsuit

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has described itself as “Your cop on the privacy beat” and a top federal regulator of consumer-facing data security practices. An example of how the FTC asserts itself when it comes to...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Takeaways From the 11th Circuit’s Reversal of the FTC’s Data Security Order Against LabMD

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 6 issued its long-awaited decision in LabMD v. Federal Trade Commission, vacating a Federal Trade Commission cease and desist order directing LabMD to overhaul its...more

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Data Security Update: 11th Circuit Vacates FTC Order Against LabMD

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Earlier this month, in a much anticipated decision, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) cease and desist order against LabMD, Inc. The 11th Circuit concluded that the FTC’s...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Eleventh Circuit LabMD Decision Significantly Restrains FTC's Remedial Powers in Data Security and Privacy Actions

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently released its highly anticipated decision in the long-running case pitting the now-defunct medical laboratory LabMD against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FTC’s Data Security Authority Curbed by 11th Circuit

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has long been considered the agency best suited to regulate data security. The Eleventh Circuit dealt a serious setback to that authority yesterday in LabMD v. FTC, No. 16-16270, striking...more

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