On April 28, 2026, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed HB 895, the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act, into law. The Act makes Maryland the first state to enact a…
Continue Reading Maryland Enacts Food-Sector Personalized Pricing Law
The Federal Trade Commission remains focused on children’s privacy and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
Continue Reading FTC Signals Relaxed COPPA Enforcement for Age-Verification TechnologiesOn Oct. 29, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) withdrew its proposed rule that would have required certain nonbank financial companies subject to its supervisory jurisdiction to submit annual…
Continue Reading CFPB Withdraws ‘Fine Print’ RuleOn July 8, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s “Click-to-Cancel” Rule, which was intended to govern negative-option offers.
Negative-option offers are…
Continue Reading Eighth Circuit Vacates FTC’s ‘Click-to-Cancel’ RuleOn May 9, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to extend the compliance deadline for the Negative Option Rule by 60 days. The Rule, sometimes called the “Click-to-Cancel…
Continue Reading FTC Extends ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule Deadline
The Federal Trade Commission’s Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, sometimes called the “Junk Fees Rule,” took effect on May 12, 2025. In advance of that effective date, the FTC…
Continue Reading FTC Issues FAQs on ‘Junk Fees’ Rule
On April 30, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it “will not prioritize enforcement or supervision actions” related to obligations imposed by its Small Business Lending Rule…
Continue Reading CFPB Will Not Enforce Small Business Lending Rule