Jun 27, 2019
Indiana Blows Open Telemarketing Registration Requirements
Indiana’s recently enacted HB 1123 is set to take effect July 1, 2019, and any business making calls to Indiana residents should take note of its drastic [...]
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Jun 20, 2019
BREAKING: “Stopping Bad Robocalls Act” Revision Unveiled with Bipartisan Support
On June 20, 2019, the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a revised version of the “Stopping Bad Robocalls Act”. The Act was originally introduced in 2018 [...]
Jun 18, 2019
North Carolina District Court: Clear Statutory Meaning of ATDS is “Snow” Joke
“Plaintiff’s TCPA claim fails as a matter of law because plaintiff does not allege that the text messages she received were sent using equipment which has the [...]
Jun 17, 2019
Ninth Circuit Tells Facebook to Be Less Social When it Comes to Texting
In April 2019, the Fourth Circuit held that the government debt collection exemption, found within the 2015 amendments to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), violates the [...]
Jun 07, 2019
FCC Votes to Allow Carriers to Block Robocalls by Default
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) voted yesterday to allow telecom carriers to “block by default” illegal or unwanted calls to their subscribers. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released [...]
May 30, 2019
M&S and PACE Respond to FCC Declaratory Ruling on Robocalls
Serving as General Counsel to the Professional Association for Customer Engagement (“PACE”), M&S filed a letter this week with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) regarding its recently [...]
May 24, 2019
Senate Passes Robocall Bill
The U.S. Senate passed S. 151, the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act or “TRACED” Act, yesterday in a 99-1 vote. A House companion bill [...]
May 17, 2019
Bad Traffic: Lead Generation Under Scrutiny
Lead generation is a marketing activity that involves identifying and generating consumer interest in a product or service. Online lead generation has become commonplace, allowing a consumer [...]
May 15, 2019
FCC Chairman Proposes Default Call Blocking to Combat Robocalls
* UPDATED May 20, 2001: View the Declaratory Ruling and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking here. In a statement released earlier today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit [...]
Apr 26, 2019
Fourth Circuit Strikes Down TCPA’s Government Debt Collection Exemption
The 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 [...]