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This episode of ComplianceTalk rounds up a busy stretch of agency and court activity, touching on plenty more than just the FCC’s revocation rule and the Williams-Sonoma arbitration ruling. On the regulatory side, the FTC has opened a new online...
When the FCC adopted its “revoke-all” rule for robocalls and texts as part of broader revocation rules in February 2024, it set an April 2025 effective date. Then just days
On September 2, 2026, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau released a Public Notice seeking comment on a proposed “Robocall Mitigation Scorecard,” a public rating system meant to grade
In this episode of ComplianceTalk, Chad flies solo while Michele is out assisting with client work. But with plenty to cover, the show must go on! He starts with a
If your company runs a website, app, or chat tool that uses cookies, tracking pixels, session-replay software, or similar analytics or tracking technology, you’ve likely felt the effects of California’s
Generative AI has quickly become part of everyday business. Employees are now regularly using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot, and turning to AI for help in summarizing documents,
Mac Murray & Shuster LLP is pleased to announce that five of its attorneys have been named to the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers:
Pennsylvania just gave its telemarketing statute the most significant update it’s had in years. Senate Bill 992 folds text messaging, robocalls, caller ID spoofing, and electronic consent squarely into the
This episode of ComplianceTalk covers a Seventh Circuit ruling that just shook things up under the TCPA. In Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services, the court found that text messages don’t
The U.S. Senate passed the Foreign Robocall Elimination Act (S. 2666) by unanimous consent on August 3, 2026. The bill arrives amid a broader, intensifying push against robocalls that includes
On August 7, 2026, a federal judge in Ohio blocked the state from enforcing its newly tightened hemp/THC standard against a group of hemp product manufacturers, ruling that the law’s
A federal court just made it harder for one of the country’s most active website-privacy plaintiffs to continue operating the way he has been. But if your business has received
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
It’s our 10th episode of ComplianceTalk! To mark the occasion, Michele and Chad step away from the usual roundup of new developments for a primer on UDAP: Unfair, Deceptive Acts
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
For the past several years, plaintiffs’ lawyers have been testing the outer limits of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), wielding a statute originally designed to combat telephone wiretapping as
If you’ve been in a virtual meeting lately, you’ve probably seen one: a participant named “Otter.ai” or “Fireflies notetaker” sitting quietly in the corner, recording everything. AI notetaking tools are
In Episode 9 of ComplianceTalk, Michele Shuster and Chad Blackham examine a wave of enforcement activity signaling that regulators at every level, from federal agencies to state attorneys general to
On June 8, 2026, Andy Wilson stepped into the role of Attorney General following Dave Yost’s resignation, taking over the office for the remainder of the current term. What Changes
