Federal appeals court blocks FTC's "click to cancel" rule requiring businesses to simplify subscription cancellations, citing ...

Subscription-based business models have become increasingly popular in recent years. According to a 2024 Bango survey of 5,000 U.S. subscribers, the average subscriber has 4.5 ...

Consumers who find themselves trapped in payment plans that are nearly impossible to end could get relief under new legislation.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is urging the Federal Trade Commission to finalize a “click to cancel" rule that would ...

A federal appeals court has put a stop to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new rule that would have made it easier for ...

The new bill would write the FTC’s stalled “Negative Option” rule directly into federal law, bypassing regulatory hurdles.

The collapse of the click-to-cancel rule underscores a harsh reality: the burden of avoiding subscription traps now falls squarely on consumers. With federal protections stalled, state laws and ...

The FTC is warning consumers of a phishing scam involving Amazon refunds, where scammers are sending texts with a link to ...

A federal appeals court has blocked enforcement of a Federal Trade Commission rule that prohibited companies from making it harder for consumers to cancel.

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.

The FTC's attempts to make subscriptions easy to cancel were thrown out at the last minute. Lawmakers are trying to put them back in, but face an uphill battle.

Democratic lawmakers have introduced the Click to Cancel Act, a bill designed to ensure that canceling online subscriptions is as easy as signing up for them, ...