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"As General Counsel to PACE, Mac Murray & Shuster has proven to be an invaluable partner, providing insightful guidance, detailed analysis, and effective counsel to our organization. Our member companies praise their ability to help them achieve the difficult balance of proactive compliance and business growth."
Chris Haerich
Senior Vice President, PACE
One of the most hotly contested issues in TCPA litigation is whether a communication qualifies as an advertisement. For faxes, the determination impacts whether the TCPA applies at all. For calls made and texts sent to cell phones using an autodialer, the determination dictates the necessary level of consent. Case law on the issue is inconsistent at best. Recent decisions [...]
Building off the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) is a proposed ballot initiative aimed to amend and broaden the CCPA. If passed by California voters in November 2020, the CPRA would enhance consumer privacy rights, impose additional restrictions on the use of personal information by businesses, and create a new [...]
On May 19th, a coalition of thirty-four state attorneys general led by Colorado AG Phil Weiser urged Congress to pass the Secure and Fair Enforcement (“SAFE”) Banking Act as part of upcoming COVID-19 relief legislation. The bipartisan group includes attorneys general, such as Ohio AG Dave Yost, who have previously opposed economic relief for the cannabis industry. First introduced in [...]
Imagine your marketing director has just proposed a new outreach program that will use automated technology to make calls and send text messages to potential and existing customers about offers and promotions. Your sales manager chimes in to agree, saying his salesmen are having some success closing deals by texting customers with their smartphones. Right about now, sirens and alarm [...]
We’re all navigating this new environment together, seeking ways to stay connected while continuing to deliver the products and services we always have. For many of us, that means doing things differently right now, including working from home (WFH). WFH has introduced immediate and far-reaching challenges to how we do business – everything from employee management and privacy concerns to marketing [...]
