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Re:US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel by jakeydus on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:20PM (#44513241)
That's what I thought too, but from the ruling in the article, it seemed like the justification came from calculating the cost to implement (emphasis on 'compliance costs'.

> But an administrative law judge later found that the rule's impact surpassed the threshold, observing that compliance costs would exceed $100 million "unless each business used fewer than twenty-three hours of professional services at the lowest end of the spectrum of estimated hourly rates," the 8th Circuit ruling said.

Re:US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel by CWuestefeld on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:41PM (#44514023)
Well, the two are related. By definition, the economic impact must be at least as much as the cost to implement. So estimating the cost to implement sets a lower bound on the total economic impact.