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Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 1.25.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • AGs Ask FCC to Answer Their Call to Restrict Use of AI...more

Troutman Pepper

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of TCPA Case Involving Text Messages Holding “Prerecorded Voice Messages” Require Audible...

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On August 8, a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming a district court’s partial dismissal judgment entered in Trim v. Reward Zone USA LLC, holding that text messages did not use prerecorded voices...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - June 2023

The FTC is Coming Soon to a Phony Earnings Scheme and Celebrity Endorser Near You - The FTC is making good on its promises to protect consumers from phony get-rich-quick opportunities, wrapped in costly training programs,...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law – April 2021 #2

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Will Unanimous Supremes Stem the TCPA Tide? With a ‘random’ decision, SCOTUS reshapes the landscape of telemarketing law - What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been - Back in July of last year, we offered a summary of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Medical Marijuana Delivery App Agrees to Settle TCPA Case for $1.75M

The “Uber of weed” app developed by Eaze Solutions, Inc. (Eaze) provides information to users about the delivery of recreational and medical marijuana throughout California....more

Goodwin

Northern District of California Kicks TCPA Case Challenging Confirmatory Text Messages

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On December 13, 2018, the Northern District of California granted summary judgment to a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) defendant in a case involving confirmatory text messages. In Phan v. Agoda Company, No....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Standing and Fighting: VoApps’ Resilient President Joins the Ramble Podcast and Explains why the TCPA Fight Over Ringless...

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A few weeks back TCPAland learned that so-called ringless voicemails–including VoApp’s industry-leading Direct Drop ringless voicemail product–were subject to the TCPA after all. This was contrary to the hopes and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

High Hopes: Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Set Their Sights on Cannabis Industry in Two New TCPA Class Actions

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The cannabis industry seems to be attracting a lot attention these days. Eaze Solutions, Inc. – the so-called “Uber of Weed” – was hit with a second class action today alleging it sent unsolicited text messages advertising...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

FCC Closes Loopholes and Expands Telephone Consumer Protection Act “TCPA” Consumer Protections in Declaratory Ruling and Order

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On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) Declaratory Ruling and Order (“TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order” or “Order”) offering...more

Hogan Lovells

Cold calls in hot water: Hong Kong consultation paper on P2P telemarketing

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Businesses may often use peer-to-peer ("P2P") telemarketing calls involving interpersonal communication to promote goods and services directly to customers. While such calls may be effective in some cases, they appear to be...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

TCPA Connect - June 2017 #2

Revocation? Think Again. - On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit issued what might be the most business-friendly Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) decision we have seen in a long time in Reyes v....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Gather App Hit with TCPA Class Action Suit

Gather, a free app designed to allow users to create event invitations and send them to their contacts has been hit with a proposed TCPA class action suit. The named plaintiff alleges that Gather tricks users into giving...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - April 2017 #2

Business Supply Scam Operators Banned From Telemarketing - The Federal Trade Commission banned the operators of an office supply business from telemarketing pursuant to a settlement deal in Texas federal court. In...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Everalbum's User Referral Program Compliant Under TCPA

Photo sharing and storage app Everalbum, and other social media apps that send SMS invitations to a user’s contacts to download the app only at the user’s direction comply with all applicable laws, according to the courts and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - March 2016 #4

FCC Releases Privacy Regime for ISPs - Creating a storm of controversy, the Federal Communications Commission released information about its privacy proposal for Internet service providers. Pursuant to the plan,...more

Baker Donelson

Five Steps to Boosting TCPA Compliance

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) continues to be a tool utilized by the plaintiffs' bar for class action litigation. But the Act is also being wielded in run-of-the-mill bankruptcy adversary proceedings as...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

TCPA Connect - July 2015

SPECIAL FOCUS: FCC Issues Long Awaited TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order - On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order (Ruling) addressing 21 petitions...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - July 2015 #3

Harlem Globetrotters Get an Assist From CARU - In a rare loss, the Harlem Globetrotters agreed, at the direction of the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU), that their age-screening practices for the company's...more

Goodwin

FCC Ruling Potentially Expands Scope of TCPA

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On June 18, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) issued a package of declaratory rulings (“FCC 15-72”) related to telemarketing. Although FCC 15-72 has yet to be officially released, the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - August 2014 #3

FTC: Telemarketing Sales Rule Ripe For Review - It’s time to review the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the Federal Trade Commission has announced. Enacted in 1995, the Telemarketing Sales Rule (the Rule) has been...more

Fenwick & West LLP

FCC TCPA Ruling Provides Guidance on Mobile App Messaging

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On March 27, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a Declaratory Ruling interpreting the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) as it relates to prerecorded and autodialed calls to cellular...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law -- Jun 13, 2013

SPECIAL FEATURE: Manatt and Mergermarket Release New Study on U.S.-China Deal Activity in Entertainment, Advertising and Digital Media Sectors - Investment and M&A activity between the U.S. and China in the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financial Services Report - Spring 2013

Editor’s Note - This is a dignified law firm newsletter, not like the “Brand X” versions. You won’t find pandering, attention-grabbing stories about Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Ashton Kutcher, Prince William, or...more

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