Aaron Parry

July 17, 2026
Is a Text Message a “Telephone Call” Under the TCPA’s DNC Rules? Not According to the Seventh Circuit

Two federal appellate courts have now reached opposite conclusions on whether a text message is a “telephone call” under the TCPA. Most recently, the Seventh Circuit narrowed a favorite plaintiff’s

July 8, 2026
State Email Marketing Laws Are Fueling a New Wave of Litigation

Many businesses treat email marketing compliance as beginning and ending with CAN-SPAM, largely because the federal statute broadly preempts state laws regulating commercial email. However, recent lawsuits show that compliance

April 17, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: Building an AI Governance Program That Scales

Across the United States, AI regulation is evolving quickly but not randomly. While state laws vary in scope, applicability, and mechanics, they are converging on a shared principle: AI systems

April 14, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: Assessing Risk Before AI Decides

In the last two installments of Legal Lines Around AI, we examined how transparency and consumer rights work together to give individuals greater control over how businesses use high‑risk AI

April 9, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: The Rise of Consumer Control Over AI Decisions

In our last Legal Lines Around AI post, we explored how emerging AI laws increasingly rely on disclosure obligations as a front‑line consumer protection tool. But this is only the

April 7, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: The Expanding Disclosure Obligations for AI Systems

Disclosures are a central regulatory requirement across consumer protection laws to promote transparency, fairness, and accountability. In this third installment of Legal Lines Around AI, we examine how emerging AI

April 2, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: Are You Developing or Deploying a “High‑Risk” AI System?

Under comprehensive AI laws, one question largely determines a company’s regulatory exposure: are you developing or deploying an AI system that qualifies as “high risk”? In this second installment of

March 31, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: Navigating the AI Legal Landscape

Welcome to Legal Lines Around AI, a six‑part blog series exploring how AI laws are taking shape in the United States and what those changes mean for businesses using, building,

March 25, 2026
Arbitration as Armor: Eighth Circuit Enforces Arbitration for Years‑Old TCPA Text Claims

A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reinforces an important point for businesses that rely on text messaging and phone outreach: well‑drafted arbitration provisions

March 11, 2026
FTC Reopens the Door on the Negative Option Rule

The FTC is back at the drawing board on negative option marketing, as it announced an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding the Negative Option Rule. After amending the