The Federal Trade Commission sued LA Fitness and other gym franchises on Wednesday over memberships that it said are “exceedingly difficult” to cancel — the agency’s latest effort to force companies to make cancellations more straightforward.

The FTC alleges that LA Fitness' parent company is using "opaque and complicated" methods to make it difficult for customers to cancel memberships.

The lawsuit also comes against the backdrop of the FTC’s Click-to-Cancel rule, finalized in October 2024 but shot down in federal court in July. The rule would have required sellers to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up, responding to thousands of consumer complaints about recurring charges and convoluted cancellation systems.