The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is increasingly directing both its enforcement and rulemaking efforts toward auto-renewal programs, with a particular focus on burdensome or opaque cancellation ...

The Unsubscribe Act, proposed in the House, joins a companion bill in the Senate, as well as two other bills, in creating a "click-to-cancel" rule for subscriptions. The measures all have come after a ...

• Americans are losing hundreds of dollars a year on subscriptions they forget to cancel or can’t easily escape. • A federal court ruling has stalled the FTC’s “click to cancel” consumer protection ...

A federal appeals court blocked a new rule that would have forced businesses to make it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit struck ...

Late last month, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has submitted a draft Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) concerning the FTC’s Rule Concerning the Use of Prenotification ...

The FTC is once again considering whether to issue rules that could make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions for cable television, gyms, newspapers and other products and ...

Spread the loveThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking a significant step toward re-evaluating the rules surrounding the cancellation of recurring subscriptions, particularly in the realm of ...

Canceling a subscription is often a difficult process for consumers and those unwanted memberships can add up, costing some Americans hundreds every year. Now, there is a bipartisan effort on Capitol ...