This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to answer the question of whether federal courts have the power to scrutinize FCC orders. In the decision being challenged, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the trial court must follow a 2006…
Read MoreIn April 2019, the Fourth Circuit held that the government debt collection exemption, found within the 2015 amendments to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"),
Read MoreIn a move that businesses producing and selling marijuana and CBD products should be paying close attention to, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently sent joint
Read MoreThe Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) message is clear: companies can’t restrict consumers from publishing negative reviews as a condition of purchase. Provisions or clauses containing this sort of restriction are known as non-disparagement provisions, or “gag clauses.” The FTC's Consumer Review Fairness Act…
Read MoreHow do I ensure my business is complying with state and federal consumer protection laws? What happens if I break the rules? Can my license be revoked? How can I tell when my advertising crosses the line from “creative” to “deceptive?” Can…
Read MoreThe accounts receivable industry was well represented at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ("CFPB") Debt Collection Town Hall Meeting last week. At the Bureau's request, Jan Stieger, Executive Director of Receivables Management Association International ("RMAI"), participated in a panel discussion where she…
Read MoreCalifornia lawmakers hoping to scale back, expand, or at least clarify the scope of the state’s groundbreaking privacy law have seen their first real victories as Assembly and Senate committees approved eight of at least eighteen bills proposing amendments to the California…
Read MoreThe 2015 amendments to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) allowed calls to collect debts owed to or guaranteed by the federal government to be exempt from regulations on automatic telephone dialing systems (“ATDS”). A group of political organizations subsequently filed suit…
Read MoreCannabidiol (more commonly known as CBD) products may be new, but federal regulators are still applying a decades-old tenet of consumer protection law to their sale: you must be able to substantiate a product claim before you make it. State attorneys general…
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