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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Last week, the News Media Alliance urged the US Copyright Office to strengthen the rights of publishers.
Marc Roth of Cobalt Law shares the latest updates on three proposed bills in FL, TN and VA that he’s following closely.
GO car subscription expands into 4 new markets; LinkedIn wins class action lawsuit; 2021 was a good year for print magazine launches.
MyLife must pay $21M to the FTC for deceptive subscription practices, including negative option marketing. Company does not admit nor deny claims.
Marc Roth of Cobalt Law shares a year end legal subscription marketing update, including new auto renewal laws and a newly-introduced bill in Congress.
Zoom settles a class action privacy lawsuit for $85 million. Zoom has denied any wrongdoing or liability.
BuzzFeed’s IPO is a bust, Facebook quietly buys the metaverse, Spotify removes content over royalty disputes.
The UK’s CMA has directed Facebook to sell GIPHY due to antitrust concerns. Facebook refutes the claims.
Five major textbook publishers are suing Shopify for allegedly violating copyright laws by selling PDFs of textbooks without authorization.
Marc Roth, partner at Cobalt Law LLP, explains possible ramifications of two auto renewal “events of interest” that subscription marketers should be aware of.
