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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Le Tote, a subscription women’s clothing rental service, filed suit against Urban Outfitters for allegedly using proprietary information to start a competing service.
Google announced a new licensing program in which it would pay select publishers for high quality content, including text, images, audio and video.
Offering lifetime subscription terms carries true risks. What does “lifetime” mean? In a proposed settlement against SiriusXM, the satellite radio provider will find out.
A pending California bill would amend the California Automatic Renewal Law on automated subscription renewal. The bill passed the full Assembly yesterday by a vote
Lisa B. Dubrow, Esq. explains new updates to Vermont’s Automatic Renewal Online Cancellation Provisions which goes into effect on July 1, 2020.
The FCC fined Sinclair Broadcasting Group $48 million for its failed merger with Tribune Media. The fine is the largest fine a broadcast company has
In this week’s news, Congress wonders if Amazon lied to them, entrepreneurs launch art & plant subscriptions & Google requires identify verification.
VISA has announced an Emergency COVID-related Operational Business update and this announcement delays VISA’s enhanced descriptor requirement until April 2021 with proactive compliance enforcement put
Two of McClatchy’s biggest creditors make a bid to buy the company, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.