A federal appeals court dealt a blow to consumer protection efforts on Tuesday, ruling that subscription services will not be required to make it easier for consumers to cancel their plans. This “click-to-cancel” policy,

Subscriptions may remain harder to cancel now that the Federal Trade Commission’s “click-to-cancel” rule has been blocked by a federal court.

The rule, unveiled by the Federal Trade Commission in the Biden era, would have made it easier to cancel subscriptions and was due to be enforced from July 14.