Tag: U.S. Court of Appeals
ESA: FTC’s click-to-cancel rule 'imposes unnecessary and unlawful burdens’
November 6, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
DALLAS—The Electronic Security Association (ESA) is steadfast in its opposition to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) newly adopted click-to-cancel rule, which allows consumers to cancel subscriptions more easily.
On Oct. 22, 2024, ESA filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to block the rule, which was announced on Oct. 16, and which requires sellers to offer subscribers “a way to cancel that’s as quick and easy as it...
Court decision favors ADT—and other alarm companies
May 2, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
PASADENA, Calif.—ADT came out a winner in a recent court decision here, and the finding also is good news for others in the alarm industry, according to industry attorney Ken Kirschenbaum.ADT was sued in federal court by a California jewelry store, Manila Fine Jewelers, which lost $821,000 in a burglary. While the trial court found that “ADT failed [to] properly install [the store's] alarm system and failed to provide notification services when it actually received an alarm signal from...