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First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
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Compliance Needs are Alive and Well: FTC's Recent Enforcement Activity
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(Podcast) The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
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On August 20, 2025, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that the Gym violated the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA). The FTC's...more
On August 12, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced that a large online dating company (the "Company") agreed to stop alleged unlawful practices related to advertising, cancellation, and billing. ...more
On July 8, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “Click to Cancel” Rule....more
INTRODUCTION - On July 8, 2025, the Eighth Circuit issued its decision in Custom Communications, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, vacating on procedural grounds the FTC’s planned “Click-to-Cancel” rule (the “Rule”), which...more
On July 8, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) "click-to-cancel" rule (FTC Rule), which would have required companies to provide customers with an easy, one-click method to...more
I had a thought-provoking conversation this week with an in-house counsel about the now-vacated FTC “Click to Cancel” rule—a regulation that was set to take effect July 14 and could have reshaped how companies manage...more
As promised in last week’s blog that covered the Eighth Circuit’s decision to vacate the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Negative Option Rule (Click-to-Cancel Rule or Rule), we are back with some practical insights on and...more
On Tuesday July 8, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) “Negative Option” Rule, also called the “Click-to-Cancel” Rule, which expanded regulations on...more
As has been widely reported, the Eighth Circuit issued a decision this week vacating the Federal Trade Commission’s Click-to-Cancel Rule, which had been scheduled to spring into effect on July 14. In the grand scheme of...more
On Tuesday, July 8, the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s new “click-to-cancel” rule just days before the FTC planned to begin enforcement on July 14, 2025. ...more
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
Companies with B2C or B2B recurring payment programs that include negative option terms now have until July 14, 2025, to ensure their disclosure, consent, and cancellation practices are compliant with the Negative Option...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a statement on May 9 deferring by 60 days its enforcement of certain provisions of the Negative Option Rule (the Rule). The bulk of the Rule’s requirements are now scheduled to go...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on May 9, 2025 that it will delay full implementation of the amended Negative Option Rule and begin enforcing it on July 14, 2025....more
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
On April 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had filed a complaint against Uber Technologies, Inc. and Uber USA LLC (collectively, Uber), a rideshare and delivery company. Among other things, the...more
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
The Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and class action plaintiffs continue to scrutinize negative option and continuity offers, including automatic renewals, free-to-pay conversions, and continuity programs....more
Every company will be impacted by the new import tariffs, as they increase manufacturing costs. However, companies selling on an autorenewal basis could disproportionately feel the impact and should proceed with caution...more
The Federal Trade Commission's Final Negative Option Rule ("Click to Cancel Rule") contains stringent new requirements for negative option programs, making it even more difficult to run compliant negative option offers....more
Today’s podcast features James Kohm, the Associate Director for the Enforcement Division of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. We discuss the FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Rule (consisting of significant...more
On October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new rule, referred to as the “Click to Cancel” rule, which is intended to make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions and memberships....more
Last Friday, the FTC’s final Negative Option Rule was published in the Federal Register, starting the clock on the effective dates for the agency’s expansive overhaul of requirements related to goods or services sold through...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its long-awaited final Negative Option Rule (the “Rule”) on October 16, 2024. “Negative Options” according to the FTC are arrangements “under which the consumer’s silence or...more
California has passed additional amendments to its Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), which will further strengthen that law’s already stringent requirements and likely present increased class action risk....more