Jillian Petrera and Bretta Oluyede will be speaking on Tuesday, March 12th to the Association of National Advertisers. The free one-hour webinar, titled “What You Need to Know About Auto-Renewal Provisions in 2019” will explore the legal requirements for utilizing automatic renewals under the patchwork of federal and state laws and provide you with tools
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California Toughens Automatic-Renewal Law
By Andrew Levad & Jason Gordon on
California’s proposed Automatic-Renewal Law (ARL) passed the state Legislature earlier this month, tightening the requirements on companies that sell subscription services with automatically renewing payments to consumers. The new law comes on the heels of a flurry of class actions suits filed under California’s previous ARL enacted in 2010. The 2010 ARL required auto-renewing consumer…
Coffee Subscription Lawsuit Involving Negative Option Contracts a Wake-up Call for Online Sellers
By Andrew Levad & Jason Gordon on
Earlier this year, coffee chain Peet’s Coffee & Tea LLC was sued by a putative class comprised of all California customers who purchased subscriptions of coffee and tea from the company after February 2013. The class alleged that Peet’s Coffee violates California’s Automatic Renewal Law (“ARL”) and Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”) by automatically charging customers’…