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Charles Greenwood v. Express Technologies Ltd. — 7th Cir. (Oct 27, 2026)

No. 26-1628 Argued October 27, 2026 Published October 28, 2026

The Seventh Circuit hears a consumer dispute over which version of an online company's terms controls. Charles Greenwood sued ExpressVPN, alleging unwanted automatic subscription renewals and difficulty canceling. The company sought to send the lawsuit to private arbitration rather than court. Its earlier terms required arbitration, but the company later removed that requirement. The district judge found that the updated terms replaced the earlier agreement and declined to compel arbitration. The company's lawyer will ask the appeals court to enforce the original arbitration clause. Greenwood's lawyer will defend the conclusion that the company is bound by its own revised terms. There is another wrinkle: those newer terms direct litigation to courts in the British Virgin Islands. Defeating the old arbitration clause would not, by itself, establish that the lawsuit belongs in Illinois.

Charles Greenwood v. Express Technologies Ltd. (No. 26-1628) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, argued October 27, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — official Seventh Circuit original; complete argument retained, routine loudness matching and peak protection only:https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/sk.26-1628.26-1628_10_27_2026.mp3
Argument date and recording — official Seventh Circuit October 2026 archive:https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/oralArguments/oar.jsp?amonth=10%2F2026&aMonth=List+case%28s%29
Case, argument date and originating district docket — official October 27, 2026 calendar; select that date:https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/oralArgCal/getOralArgCalendar.pl
Earlier arbitration ruling and forum-selection clause — district court order, March 30, 2026, all seven pages; public copy of the actual court document:https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilndce/1%3A2025cv08121/482540/58/0.pdf
Consumer allegations and cancellation background — filed initial complaint, pages 1–3 and 29–32; allegations, not findings:https://truthinadvertising.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Greenwood-v-Express-VPN-complaint.pdf

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