Jun 10, 2024 Telemarketing Trial: Defendant Sweeps All Six Claims Against the FTC and Pennsylvania AG By Len Gordon Michael Munoz It’s not often we see defendants win a resounding victory against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and/or state attorneys general,...
May 10, 2024 Listen to Episode 12 of Venable’s Ad Law Tool Kit Show – “Telemarketing and Texting” By Shahin Rothermel Episode 12 of the Ad Law Tool Kit Show, “Telemarketing and Texting,” is now available. Listen here, or search for it in your favorite...
Apr 17, 2024 The Power of Customer Calls: Maryland Supreme Court Upholds Public Service Commission’s Interpretation of the Maryland Telephone Solicitations Act By Michael Munoz By Liz Clark Rinehart, Michael A. Munoz & Miriam Weinstock Last month, the Supreme Court of Maryland delivered a pivotal ruling defining...
Apr 02, 2024 FTC Piles on Additional Recordkeeping Requirements and Business-to-Business Protections By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp The Rule-A-Palooza continues at the FTC. On March 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Final Rule that updates the...
Jan 24, 2024 Maryland Rings in the New Year with an Expanded Telemarketing Law By Ellen Berge By Ellen T. Berge & Jay Prapaisilp Telemarketers celebrating the new year should be aware of Maryland’s new telemarketing law, Stop the...
Jun 12, 2023 FCC Levies $5 Million Fine for Political Calling Campaign That Violated the TCPA By Craig Gilley Laura Stefani As part of a broader campaign to go after “robocall” violations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a $5,134,500...
Jun 02, 2023 Florida Adopts Changes to the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act By Craig Gilley Last month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed into law amendments to the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA) that scale back the...
May 25, 2022 New Oklahoma Telephone Solicitation Act Is Not OK – But It Does Contain an Important Exemption By Daniel Blynn Ian Volner Late last week, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed the state’s Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022 (OTSA) into law. A couple of months...
Mar 24, 2022 “Indefinitely Postponed and Withdrawn From Consideration”: Florida Telephone Solicitation Act Amendments Wait for Another Day By Daniel Blynn By Daniel S. Blynn & Liz Clark Rinehart We’ve previously detailed the problem with the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), which,...
Feb 18, 2022 Oklahoma Proposed Autodialer Legislation Would Cause Litigation to Come Sweepin’ Down the Plain By Daniel Blynn Musical Theater was one of my favorite elective courses in high school, probably because a fair amount of the curriculum involved...
Apr 10, 2020 Financial Services Stakeholders Request TCPA “Emergency Purposes” Exception for COVID-19 Calls By Len Gordon By Ellen T. Berge & Makalia A. Griffith A group of financial services stakeholders recently submitted a joint petition to the Federal...
Sep 16, 2019 Eleventh Circuit Holds That A Single Text Message Does Not Satisfy Injury In Fact Requirement for Standing Under the TCPA By Len Gordon