A federal appeals court’s nullification of a Federal Trade Commission rule requiring businesses make automatically renewing subscriptions as easy to cancel as they were to sign up for isn’t the death knell for enforcement actions,

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC’s “click-to-cancel” Negative Option Rule, holding that the FTC violated the FTC Act and the Administrative Procedure Act when it finalized the rule (previously discussed here ).

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled to vacate the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 'click-to-cancel rule'

Attorney General James urges New Yorkers to use the new Click-to-Cancel Rule to easily cancel subscriptions without obstacles starting July 14.

Under the FTC's "Click to Cancel" rule, businesses would've had make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it is to sign up. An appeals court has now struck that measure down.