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Eighth Circuit blocks Click-to-Cancel Rule

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On July 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit blocked the “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required companies to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it was to sign up, including obtaining consent...more

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Canceled Before It Clicked: Eighth Circuit Strikes Down FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule

Just days before it was set to take effect, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) much anticipated “Click-to-Cancel Rule” (the “Rule”), delivering regulatory...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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Eighth Circuit Strikes Down FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule

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, resolving the challenges to the rule filed on the heels of its adoption in...more

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Follow the Rules to Make the Rules: 8th Circuit Vacates “Click-to-Cancel” Rule

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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a per curiam opinion vacating the FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule based on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s failure to comply with a procedural requirement in the FTC Act. This...more

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FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule Vacated Ahead of Planned July 14 Effective Date

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On July 8, 2025, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a per curiam opinion vacating the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Negative Option Rule (Click-to-Cancel) on Administrative...more

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FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Struck Down by Eighth Circuit

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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

UB Greensfelder LLP

FTC’s Proposed “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Struck Down by Eighth Circuit

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On July 8, 2025, less than a week before the “click-to-cancel” rule would have gone into effect, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down the proposed rule (Custom Communications, Inc. v. Federal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Eighth Circuit Vacates FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Negative Option Rule

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC’s “click-to-cancel” Negative Option Rule, holding that the FTC violated the FTC Act and the Administrative Procedure Act when it finalized the...more

Dickinson Wright

Rule Interrupted: “Click-to-Cancel” is “Click-to-Gone”

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) negative option rule, better known as the “Click-to-Cancel” rule, which was set to go into effect July 14, 2025, has been vacated in its entirely by the Eighth Circuit in Custom...more

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8th Circuit Vacates FTC’s “Click to Cancel Rule”

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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

Hudson Cook, LLP

Eighth Circuit Vacates FTC's Negative Option Rule

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On July 8, 2025, the Eighth Circuit issued an opinion that vacated the FTC's Negative Option Rule in its entirety. The FTC's compliance deadline for the Rule, which had been extended once, was set to go into effect on July...more

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Eighth Circuit Cancels FTC Negative Option Rule: What Does It Mean?

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s Rule Concerning Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Plans (often referred to as the “Click-to-Cancel” rule) on July 8, just days...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

The FTC's "Click to Cancel" Rule Has Been...Canceled

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC's “click to cancel” rule which was set to take effect on July 14. According to the court, the FTC erred in its rulemaking process by failing to produce a...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – April and May Filings

Carriers and providers of interstate and international telecommunications, including, but not limited to, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol providers, providers offering interstate telecommunications for a fee on a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How Congress Can Stem Consumer Finance Law Uncertainty

With the 2024 election behind us and the 119th Congress now in session, the political climate has created an opportunity for meaningful statutory reforms of the federal consumer financial laws to become reality. The 119th...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down FTC’s ‘Junk Fee’ Rule for Auto Dealers

On January 24, 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down an FTC rule aimed at curbing deceptive advertising and sales practices in the auto industry. The rule, which sought to prohibit certain “junk fees” and...more

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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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Executive Order Pauses All Pending Rulemaking Activity for Federal Agencies: Impact on CFPB

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President Donald Trump’s executive order titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review directs federal agencies to stop all rulemaking activity pending within the agency and to consider all rules already published as paused for 60...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FCC Postpones Effective Date of TCPA One-to-One Consent Rule Before it is Vacated by the Eleventh Circuit

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On the eve prior to its effective date, the FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule that sought to redefine the meaning of "prior express written consent" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, was postponed for one year by order...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The FTC’s Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Faces Legal and Political Hurdles

The fate of the FTC’s long-awaited final “Click-to-Cancel” rule has become tangled in uncertainty as it faces numerous lawsuits and the new incoming presidential administration. In October, the FTC published its Final Rule...more

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