On October 16, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a final “click-to-cancel” rule that amends the previous Negative Option Rule to “make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up.” The Rule also imposes extensive requirements regarding misrepresentations, disclosures, and consent, among others. Most of the provisions will go into effect 180 days after publication in the Federal Register. As of today, the final rule has not yet been published. This final rule is the culmination of a five-year proceeding including the FTC’s issuance of a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) in March 2023 and an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking in October 2019. We previously analyzed the proposed rule presented in the NPRM.…