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Subscription Services
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Connect on Tech
UK subscription contracts: What pre-contract information must businesses provide from January 2027?
By Julia Hemmings, Lucy Hart, Daniel Quirk
Background As discussed in the first alert in our series on subscription contracts, the Government has published draft secondary legislation and draft statutory guidance ahead of the implementation of the…
Connect on Tech
New UK consumer subscription rules confirmed for January 2027: what businesses need to do now
By Julia Hemmings, Lucy Hart, Daniel Quirk
The UK Government has published the draft Consumer Subscription Contracts (Cancellation and Information) Regulations 2026 (SCRs) and draft statutory guidance. The new requirements will apply to subscription contracts entered into…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
CMA Investigates Microsoft Over Potentially Misleading Subscription Practices
By Ricardo Zimbron, Anjali Iyer, Kaan Baran
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently launched an investigation into Microsoft, examining whether the tech giant misled customers about their subscription options. From January 2025, Microsoft began providing existing…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
FTC’s Shutterstock Settlement Signals Continued Scrutiny of Auto-Renewal Practices
By Wai Choy, Adela Zhou
Key Points: □ The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) negotiated a stipulated settlement with Shutterstock in connection with its subscription billing and cancellation practices in connection with its stock content services.…
Financial Services Observer
NYC Finalizes Click-to-Cancel and Hotel Junk Fees Rules, Proposes New Junk Fees Rule
By Timothy A. Butler, Matthew White, Cody B. Davis, Ellen M. Gustafson
On July 10, 2026, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) finalized and adopted its “Click-to-Cancel Rule,” which takes effect on Oct. 1, 2026.
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
New York City Takes Aim at Hidden Fees and Subscription Traps
By Jason Cover, Stefanie Jackman, Ethan G. Ostroff, Caleb Rosenberg, Taylor Gess
New York City is moving aggressively into consumer protection territory that federal regulators have largely stepped back from. In January 2026, Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed two executive orders directing the…
Consumer Finance Monitor
FTC takes action to halt allegedly deceptive subscription schemes
The FTC has continued to crackdown on subscription billing and cancellation practices it considers unlawful. Recently, at the urging of the FTC, a federal court agreed to temporarily stop a…
Regulatory Oversight
FTC Cracks Down on Alleged Quarter-Billion-Dollar Subscription Trap Enterprise
By Clayton Friedman, Michael Yaghi, Zoe Schloss
On June 17, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that, at its request, a federal court temporarily halted a sprawling enterprise of alleged deceptive subscription schemes, comprising 15 corporations…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Regulation of Subscription and Auto-Renewal Plans
By Chris Willis, Jason Cover, Colin Wilson
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis sits down with Jason Cover and Colin Wilson to discuss the evolving world of auto-renewal and subscription compliance, including the…
Global Policy Watch
FTC Settles with Shutterstock Over Subscription Practices
By Laura Kim, Andrew Siegel, Carter McCants
On May 13, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that Shutterstock, Inc. had agreed to a $35 million settlement resolving allegations that the company engaged in unfair and deceptive…