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Automatic Renewal
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Consumer Protection Review
California Passes Updated Automatic Renewal Law
By Amanda Beane, Jason Howell, Mark S. Goodrich, Caitlin Hoeberlein, Wonji Kerper
Key Takeaways: On October 4, 2021, California passed an amended automatic renewal law that will require businesses to follow stricter cancellation and notice requirements for subscription-based products and services. The…
Close-Ups
Looking Ahead: Significant Changes in California Law for Subscription Merchants Coming in July 2022
By Shahin O. Rothermel, Ellen T. Berge
Most of us know what it’s like to receive a notice that one of our subscriptions has been automatically renewed for another year. As the regulatory landscape of subscription-based offers…
Ad Law Access
California Updates its Automatic Renewal Law
By Gonzalo E. Mon, Kaelyne Yumul Wietelman
In 2017, California updated its automatic renewal law to create some of the strictest requirements in the country. Now, just four years later, the Governor Newsom signed a new law…
Consumer Finance Monitor
California enacts new requirements for automatic subscription renewals; Ballard Spahr to hold Oct. 19 webinar on subscription services
By Kim Phan
On October 4, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law amendments to California's existing law on automatic subscription renewals. The law applies to all businesses that make automatic renewal or…
A Lawyer's Blog
ON CONSUMER CONTRACTS THAT ARE AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED
New York has intended to protect consumers from forgetting about an automatic renewal clause. For certain agreements for service, maintenance or repair to or for any real or personal property,…
All About Advertising Law
Automatic Renewal Programs: Latest Updates
By Ellen T. Berge, Ari N. Rothman, Shahin O. Rothermel
The laws and regulations surrounding subscription-based offers continue to change on a regular basis. Federal and state regulators and private plaintiffs continue to lodge challenges against companies selling products and…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
New York Enacts Consumer Protection Statute Targeting Auto-Renewal Subscriptions
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Many states have passed laws in the past few years taking aim at automatic renewals in contracts such as subscription-based services. As people have found themselves home more and more…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
New York’s Automatic Renewal Law Coming in February 2021: New Compliance Issues to Follow
New York has enacted a new law, effective February 9, 2021, regulating automatic renewal and some “free trial” type agreements. While some organizations may have already taken steps to be…
Covering Your Ads® Blog
New York Passes Wide-Ranging Automatic Renewal (Subscription Model) Law
New York has enacted a sweeping law that regulates automatic renewal programs (subscriptions) modeled after California’s automatic renewal law The law impacts all membership and other subscription-based business models It’s…
Ad Law Access
NY Passes Law Governing Automatic Renewals
In recent years, a number of states have passed laws governing automatic renewals. New York is the latest state to jump on this trend. Its current law only applies to…