Adobe Reaches $150 Million Deal in Government Auto-Renewal Suit

Adobe Inc. announced Friday that it would pay the Justice Department $75 million to resolve a government enforcement action alleging the software company made it too difficult for customers to cancel expensive subscriptions.

The settlement will allocate an additional $75 million worth of “free services to customers that qualify,” the company said in a press release.

Adobe will have to tell subscribers how often they’ll be automatically charged, whether a cancellation fee exists, and how that fee will be calculated as part of the main body of any enrollment flow, according to a proposed order the parties filed Friday with ...