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Advertising Law -- Mar 21, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/22/2013

In This Issue: Manatt Advertising Litigation Team Twice Defeats Efforts to Enjoin TurboTax Television Commercials; Sen. Rockefeller Tries Again with Do Not Track; NAD: Price Match Offer by Toys “R” Us Needs a Change;...more

Text Spam Hot on FTC Radar

by Audet & Partners, LLP on 3/13/2013

As recently reported, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has previously taken steps to protect consumers from text message solicitations otherwise known as “text spam.” Earlier this month, the Federal Trade...more

Is the FTC Opening a New Front in the War on Commercial Texting?

by Ronald London | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/11/2013

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced it concurrently filed eight complaints in courts around the United States against “senders of spam text messages” who allegedly engaged in deceptive acts or practices by...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

by Amanda Bakale, Tiffany Cheung, Jacob Michael Kaufman, J. Alexander Lawrence, Christine E. Lyon, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti, Jesse Soslow | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 2/1/2013

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we explore the challenges that arise when employers and employees battle over work-related social media accounts; we...more

"Eye on Privacy" Newsletter - January 2013

by Cedric Burton, Wendy Devine, Tonia Klausner, Christopher Kuner, Sharon Lee, Jason Mollick, Lydia Parnes, Anna Pateraki, Tracy Shapiro, Matthew Staples, Gerard Stegmaier | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/18/2013

In this issue: - FTC Releases Final Amendments to Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - Mobile Apps Face Heightened Privacy Enforcement - Policies and Practices Scrutinized - Global and European...more

New Automated Opt-Out, Text Message, and Prerecorded Telemarketing Rules to Take Effect in 2013

by Julie O'Neill, Andrew M. Smith | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/9/2013

Key provisions of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) telemarketing rule are scheduled to take effect in January and October of this year. Businesses that engage in telemarketing—including the delivery of text...more

Alabama District Court Grants Pharmacy’s Motion To Dismiss, Holding Plaintiff’s Claim Barred Because She Provided Her Cell Phone...

by Joshua Threadcraft | Burr & Forman on 1/2/2013

After dropping off a prescription with Defendant, Plaintiff was asked for several pieces of information, including her cell phone number. According to Defendant, the number was needed “in case there were any questions that...more

Recent Trends in Class Actions for Telephone and Fax Solicitation and Advertising

by Justin Winquist | BakerHostetler on 12/19/2012

Class actions under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, continue to be an active trend in consumer and privacy class action litigation. The TCPA, which was historically called the "fax blast"...more

Recent Trends in Class Actions for Telephone and Fax Solicitation and Advertising

by Justin Winquist | BakerHostetler on 12/17/2012

Class actions under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, continue to be an active trend in consumer and privacy class action litigation. The TCPA, which was historically called the “fax blast”...more

FCC Provides Clarity for Businesses Responding to Texting Opt-Outs

by Andrew D. Bluth, Lauren Lynch Flick | Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 12/13/2012

Resolving a conundrum faced by every business that has entered the world of consumer texting, the FCC has ruled that businesses are not violating the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") by sending a...more

FCC Rules that Opt-Out Confirmation Text Messages Do Not Violate the TCPA

by Tiffany Cheung, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/10/2012

Waves of class actions have recently alleged that the delivery of an opt-out confirmation text message violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Thus, a Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”)...more

FCC Rules That Confirmatory Opt-Out Text Messages Don't Violate the TCPA Under Certain Circumstances

by Debra R. Bernard | Perkins Coie on 12/5/2012

In a ruling that will impact certain aspects of how companies handle their SMS/text message promotional programs, on November 29, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Declaratory Ruling regarding the...more

FCC TCPA Declaratory Ruling on Opt-out Text Communications Enables Organizations to Issue Confirmation Messages

by Monica S. Desai | Patton Boggs LLP on 12/4/2012

On November 29, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declared that businesses are allowed to send a one-time text message to a consumer that confirms a request to opt-out of receiving future text communications. The...more

FCC Holds Confirmatory Text Messages Do Not Violate TCPA

by Burr & Forman on 12/4/2012

In re Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; SoundBite Communications, Inc. Petition for Expedited Declaratory Ruling, CG Docket No. 02-278 (Nov. 29, 2012) Pending...more

FCC Ruling Permits Confirmation Text Messages for ‘Opt-Out’ Customers

by Jeff Ifrah on 12/3/2012

The Federal Communications Commission recently ruled that companies may send a one-time text message confirming a consumer’s opt-out of texts without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), and potentially...more

FCC Issues Declaratory Ruling Allowing Text-Message Opt-Out Confirmations

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/1/2012

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission issued a declaratory ruling clarifying that sending a follow-up text-message confirming a consumer’s opt-out from receiving future texts does not itself violate the Telephone...more

mHealth Alert: Text4baby: Texting Health Messages to Pregnant Women and New Moms

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/18/2010

Furthering the use of commercial wireless networks to deliver health information, the Obama Administration recently announced its new Text4baby campaign, which sends free regular text messages with health information to...more

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Advertising Law -- Mar 21, 2013

Text Spam Hot on FTC Radar

Is the FTC Opening a New Front in the War on Commercial Texting?

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

"Eye on Privacy" Newsletter - January 2013

New Automated Opt-Out, Text Message, and Prerecorded Telemarketing Rules to Take Effect in 2013

Alabama District Court Grants Pharmacy’s Motion To Dismiss, Holding Plaintiff’s Claim Barred Because She Provided Her Cell Phone...

Recent Trends in Class Actions for Telephone and Fax Solicitation and Advertising

Recent Trends in Class Actions for Telephone and Fax Solicitation and Advertising

FCC Provides Clarity for Businesses Responding to Texting Opt-Outs

FCC Rules that Opt-Out Confirmation Text Messages Do Not Violate the TCPA

FCC Rules That Confirmatory Opt-Out Text Messages Don't Violate the TCPA Under Certain Circumstances

FCC TCPA Declaratory Ruling on Opt-out Text Communications Enables Organizations to Issue Confirmation Messages

FCC Holds Confirmatory Text Messages Do Not Violate TCPA

FCC Ruling Permits Confirmation Text Messages for ‘Opt-Out’ Customers

FCC Issues Declaratory Ruling Allowing Text-Message Opt-Out Confirmations

mHealth Alert: Text4baby: Texting Health Messages to Pregnant Women and New Moms

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