Robocalling

Manually Dialed Telephone Calls May Violate TCPA

by Michael Mallow, Christine M. Reilly | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/10/2013

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act regulates the use of auto/predictive dialers, which are used to initiate faxes, prerecorded voice messages, and SMS text messages. But a federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin...more

Keeping Your Canadian Do Not Call Compliance Fresh

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 4/5/2013

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced three recent settlements demonstrating that organizations would do well to ensure they are complying with Canada’s telemarketing rules....more

FTC Remains Tough on ‘Robocalls’ with New Enforcement Case

by Jeff Ifrah on 2/28/2013

Once again, the FTC has completed a major enforcement action against the illegal use of robocalls, a form of prerecorded, computerized telemarketing calls. This time, the action resulted in a $1.1 million civil penalty...more

Advertising News & Analysis - January 31, 2013

by Thomas Gilbertsen, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Amy Ralph Mudge, Jonathan L. Pompan, Ari Rothman, Gregory J. Sater, Randal M. Shaheen | Venable LLP on 2/4/2013

In this issue: - FTC Robocall Challenge Draws Almost 750 Submissions - Advertising Substantiation Standards: A Brave New World - Robocall, DNC Violations May Annoy FTC Even More Than the Average Consumer -...more

FTC Issues Challenge to Public: Write a Program to End Robocalling in America

by Jeff Ifrah on 10/22/2012

On October 18, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a robocall summit to address the current state of the law and to reinforce the FTC’s commitment to enforcing those laws. Additionally, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection...more

Advisory on Potential Traps for the Unwary in New FCC Prerecorded Telemarketing Rules Updated with Announcement of Compliance...

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/18/2012

Be sure to check out the update to our advisory that outlined the amended FCC automated/prerecorded telemarketing rules. The update flags the October 16, 2012 Federal Register notice announcing that the revisions were...more

UPDATE: Stricter FCC Prerecorded Telemarketing Rules Coming Soon—Compliance Deadlines Set

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/17/2012

Our March 15, 2012 advisory below described how the FCC revised its telemarketing rules in an attempt to reconcile them with parallel FTC regulations, but in doing so exceeded what the FTC did in a couple of key areas. The...more

FTC Cracks Down on Illegal Telemarketing in Debt Relief Scheme and Issues Agenda for Robocall Summit

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 10/15/2012

In an action filed by the Federal Trade Commission, a California district court has issued a temporary restraining order against the operators of debt relief companies that the agency says not only made false representations...more

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