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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In May, two authors filed a lawsuit against textbook publisher Cengage, saying the new Cengage Unlimited subscription service will cost the authors significant sales and
In this week’s subscription news, Variety adds a digital subscription content tier, the New York Times introduces a customized cookbook, and Comcast profits are looking
Alphabet Inc., better known as Google, shared its fiscal year 2018 second quarter financials last week for the period ended June 30, 2018. The company
In other merger news this week, members of the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to send the proposed $3.9 billion Sinclair-Tribune merger to an administrative
Last week Hearst Communications Inc. agreed to pay $50 million to settle an alleged violation of the Michigan Video Rental Privacy Act, reports Law360. In
On July 3rd a federal district court granted the FTCs request to stop a group of San Diego-based Internet marketers, including Triangle Media Corporation, from
Last week the U.S. Department of Justice challenged the June 12 decision by Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court in Washington to
In this week’s subscription news, Apple Music reportedly has more paid U.S. subscribers than Spotify, The Onion, Clickhole and A.V. Club are preparing for layoffs,
In this weeks Five on Friday, a new California law makes it easier for subscribers to cancel their subscriptions online (it could help subscribers in
California just passed a new restrictive privacy law, theCalifornia Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. Assuming the law is not amended before it comes into force
