A PAIR OF BILLS amending California’s contract law would prohibit direct marketers from automatically billing consumers for products, services and memberships after a free trial period.
The measures, introduced last month by Democrats Ellen Corbett and Darrel Steinberg of the state’s General Assembly, have been endorsed by Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Consumers Union.
At expiration of the trial period, both measures would require companies to obtain a consumer’s permission before continuing to deliver
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