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New York Law Journal

FTC's Proposed New Rules for Businesses Selling Subscriptions Heighten Compliance Obligations

The FTC wants it to be simpler for consumers to cancel subscription service and is proposing a change that would force companies to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up. This article discusses the proposed rule and suggests that companies take action to examine their enrollment and cancellation processes in order to comply.
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The Recorder

Perkins Coie Defends Amazon in Wrongful Death Suit Over Snow Sled

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC's 'Click to Cancel' Proposal Escalates Legal Peril for Sellers

"The FTC is looking to even the playing field between company and consumer. Companies must ask whether their off-boarding workflow is as seamless as the onboarding workflow," said Aaron Maguregui, senior counsel at Foley & Lardner.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC's 'Made in USA' Probes Leading to Stiff Penalties, but They Sometimes Shrink

"Companies have a continuing obligation to ensure that their claims are truthful and substantiated, including when temporarily changing a supply chain to outside the United States," according to Holland & Knight attorney Anthony DiResta.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Bags First Settlement in Probe of 'Review Hijacking' in E-Commerce

Review hijacking occurs when a marketer makes reviews for a highly rated product appear to apply to another. An FTC official said the tactic is "plain old false advertising."
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholder Claims Amazon Used Data to Undercut Third-Party Sellers

The complaint, which names Jeff Bezos, Andrew Jassy and 16 other board members and executives, alleged that Amazon uses third-party data to create its own version of products that have sold well.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYC Bar Assoc. Proposes 'Modernizing' Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Aimed at Cryptocurrencies, 'Digital Assets'

The bar association task force's proposed changes are "designed to modernize, rationalize and clarify New York's UCC," while preserving and, hopefully, expanding New York's status "as a commercial, financial and legal capital," according to a newly released 21-page report about the amendments.
4 minute read

Law.com

10th Circuit Sides With Walmart on Employee Termination for Not Immediately Reporting Work Injury

"Ms. Braxton argues the district court erred in its construction of the deposition testimony because, as the nonmovant responding to Walmart's motion for summary judgment, she, not Walmart, was entitled to all favorable factual inferences," the opinion said. "But in so arguing, she necessarily concedes that the evidence she relies upon requires inference, which means it was not 'direct.'"
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Be Prepared to Flexibly Respond': New State Privacy Laws to Keep Legal Teams on Their Toes

"I think we will definitely see several new state privacy laws passed this year," said Anna Westfelt, head of Gunderson Dettmer's data privacy practice.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former Facebook General Counsel Joins E-Commerce Giant as CLO

Colin Stretch is returning to the legal department trenches after serving as a leader-in-residence at Columbia University and being of counsel at Latham and Watkins.
3 minute read

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