
Why You Might be Trapped In That Gym Membership Forever
Some members of Congress want to kill a popular “click-to-cancel” rule.
Papa John’s is being sued in a class-action lawsuit for allegedly sending over 500,000 unwanted text messages to customers advertising its pizza (the class action was officially certified in November 2012). Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the recipients of the text messages could be awarded $500 or more for each text. (Chutich v. Papa John’s International, Inc., et al., Case No. C10-1139-JCC)
Some members of Congress want to kill a popular “click-to-cancel” rule.
How much does this monthly book subscription actually cost?
Companies should not be able to trap consumers into subscriptions that they do not want.
Getting out may not be as easy as signing up.
Ellen Lee, The New York Times