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Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC's click-to-cancel rule

Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling.

Cable companies, advertising firms, and newspapers are asking courts to block a federal "click-to-cancel" rule that would force businesses to make it easier for consumers to cancel services. Lawsuits were filed yesterday, about a week after the Federal Trade Commission approved a rule that " requires sellers to provide consumers with simple cancellation mechanisms to immediately halt all recurring charges." A separate lawsuit was filed against the FTC in the 6th Circuit appeals court by the Michigan Press Association and National Federation of Independent Business.

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