Regulation and Compliance
From subscription offers, free trials, special promotions, marketing copy, auto-renewal notification, consumer privacy, financial reporting, payment processes, and more – there are a lot of laws that subscription, membership, and recurring-revenue companies need to understand and comply with.
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Amid legal challenges and Congressional review, the FTC’s long-anticipated rule on negative option marketing is set to take effect in January.
Expert Analysis from Cobalt Law’s Marc Roth on the FTC’s Final Negative Option Rule—What’s Changed, What’s Next, and How It Impacts Your Business
Learn how subscription businesses can use payment salvage and decline recovery strategies to prevent revenue loss from failed transactions.
Learn how to address payment experience-related issues to transform customer relationships, reduce churn, lower costs, and increase lifetime value.
Upselling and cross-selling are powerhouse strategies for subscription businesses that want to increase revenue and offer more value to their customers.
As subscriptions become ubiquitous, it’s time to rethink their use. Discover when subscriptions add value, when they don’t, and alternatives that respect customer needs.
Mark Roth of Cobalt Law provides the latest updates on the FTC’s stalled Negative Option Rulemaking and California’s evolving AB 2863 legislation.
Marc Roth, Subscription Legal Expert, Analyzes Recent Changes in Auto-Renewal Legislation Across the FTC and Five States
Why Connecting Emotionally with Subscribers Outperforms Traditional Product Pitches
Improve your subscription business bottom line by tackling one of the more technical and often overlooked aspects of customer retention—payment processing efficiency.
Elevate your subscriber retention with SMS messaging. This on-demand workshop will help you learn the art of utilizing SMS messaging with AI to dramatically grow
Coverage of the FTC’s latest hearing on proposed amendments to negative option billing rules, featuring industry pushback and debates over consumer protection and business impacts.
Master Negative Option billing with our expert guide. Discover the history, regulations, and FTC updates critical for subscription businesses to ensure compliance.
Dive into “Decoding Cohorts” to learn how to turn you and your subscription business into an analytics powerhouse. Turn your data into actionable insights fro
Demystify subscription business dunning: from historical origins to cutting-edge strategies. Learn how optimized dunning practices can enhance payment recovery and nurture positive customer relationships in
Your customers are increasingly choosing to manage and unsubscribe from their subscriptions “off-platform”. Get insights into this growing trend and learn strategies to manage it
Get smart about the crucial topic of failed payment recovery and how you can address it for revenue maximization and growth in 2024.
We explore 20 ways consumers are evading paywalls and offer suggestions to help your recurring business manage the issues involved.
In the fast-evolving subscription industry your competitive edge lies in knowledge, and we’ve curated an extensive collection of insights and data from industry experts, vendors,
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Santa Clara and Los Angeles County prosecutors secure penalties and restitution in case alleging deceptive auto-renewal and cancellation practices.
This $3.4 million settlement offers four key warnings for subscription businesses, especially those in media and streaming.
Video subscription service accused of violating federal and California privacy laws by sharing subscriber viewing data without proper consent
Los Angeles County accused the streaming platform of failing to comply with California’s automatic renewal laws and must overhaul subscription practices to resolve allegations of
Marc Roth unpacks the implications of the 8th Circuit decision, ongoing ROSCA risks, and why compliance prep still matters.
FTC Failed to Follow Statutory Process, Leaving National Subscription Requirements in Limbo
Businesses must now offer cancellation methods matching sign-up flows and provide annual renewal reminders for subscriptions started or extended on or after July 1, 2025.
Refunds sent to over 194,000 consumers after FTC finds Care.com misled users with inflated job listings, false earnings claims, and hard-to-cancel subscriptions
Blackburn and Luján’s bipartisan letter puts fresh regulatory focus on Spotify’s subscription practices as the company defends its bundling model
Settlement bans Paddle from processing payments for tech-support telemarketers and raises new scrutiny on merchant-of-record models used in subscription billing
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