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FTC Announces $10 Million Settlement Over Automatic Renewals
We’ve written about automatic renewals before, but the $10 million price tag in the FTC’s settlement with the operators of ABCmouse should grab your attention. The FTC alleged that over a three-year period, the company…
Ancestry.com Faces $250M Auto-Renewal Suit
Subscription plans that automatically renew at the end of a term are becoming more popular with companies. They’re also getting more attention from regulators and class action attorneys. As we’ve discussed before,…
Ad Law Access Podcast: Automatic Renewal Plans
As we have discussed here on Ad Law Access, subscription plans that automatically renew at the end of a term have become more popular with companies and they’re also getting more scrutiny from regulators. On the…
North Dakota Joins Other States Regulating Automatic Renewals
Earlier this year, we posted about new laws governing automatic renewals in DC and Vermont . Starting on July 31, 2019, companies also need to worry about a similar statute in North Dakota. Under the new law,…
Stringent Automatic Renewal Law Set to Go Into Effect in VT
On July 1, 2019, a new law governing automatic renewals will go into effect in Vermont. Although the law includes two provisions that are more stringent than those found in other state laws, the Vermont law is more…