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10.17.24
California Amends Automatic Renewal Law (Again)
On September 24, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill No. 2863, which amends California’s Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), California Business and Professions Code Section 17600 et seq. Many of the amendment’s requirements are similar to those included in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) recent amendments to the Negative Option Rule (FTC Rule), but there are important differences. Businesses operating in California should prepare to comply with both rules, given that the FTC Rule does not preempt consistent provisions of the ARL. The new law takes effect on July 1, 2025, and will have implications for companies that offer subscriptions or other services that automatically renew.
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5.05.22
Wilson Sonsini Secures Victory for Pinterest in Copyright Litigation
On May 3, 2022, Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment to Wilson Sonsini client Pinterest on a copyright-infringement claim that challenged core aspects of Pinterest’s online service. This hard-fought case dates back to 2019, when plaintiff Harold Davis sued Pinterest, alleging that the company’s use of his copyrighted photographs in the routine operation of its service constituted both contributory and direct copyright infringement. Through early motion practice, Pinterest secured the dismissal of the plaintiff’s contributory-infringement claim, leaving only the direct-infringement claim.
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10.20.21
Amended California Automatic Renewal Law (ARL) Takes Effect in 2022
On October 4, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill No. 390, which amends California's Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), California Business and Professions Code Section 17600 et seq. The new law takes effect on July 1, 2022 and will have implications for companies that offer subscriptions or other services that automatically renew.