Regulation Through Enforcement: Insights From the BlueSnap Lawsuit — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
On May 6, 2024, Tarkenton Senior Solutions, LLC. (“Tarkenton”) was sued in the Northern District of Georgia for allegedly violating the Do Not Call provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The National Do...more
Whether you have been naughty or nice this year, if you are buying or selling leads or otherwise are a participant in the lead generation industry, you may be getting a lump of coal in your stocking. Don’t get upset just yet...more
On April 11, the FTC implemented Project Point of No Entry (PoNE) in an attempt to stop foreign-based scammers and imposters from targeting U.S. consumers with illegal robocalls. The FTC warned “point of entry” or “gateway”...more
FCC Asks "Gateway Service Providers" to Help Traceback Efforts of Foreign-Originating Calls, While FTC Warns VoIP Providers Against Facilitating Violations - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade...more
New communications technologies are being adopted at a rapid pace by industry. This has led to the emergence of legal questions over whether this new technology is regulated by the TCPA. One such question, which has seen...more
On the heels of a February 2019 Public Notice regarding the same issue, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or Commission”) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau is once again seeking comment on the TCPA’s...more
Here at TCPAland, we’ve recently mused about the potential for a new wave of TCPA litigation following recent court decisions suggesting that predictive dialers are no longer subject to the TCPA... In light of these...more
It’s flu season again. Your PCP at WPMG is thinking of you! So began the health care provider’s text message that prompted this month’s Second Circuit decision applying the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to a flu shot...more
On January 13, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it filed two lawsuits against more than a dozen individual and corporate defendants allegedly coordinated by two individuals. In the complaints, the FTC...more
On Monday, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit against Charter Communications, Inc., alleging that the cable, internet, and telephone service provider’s third party telemarketers made thousands of...more
Earlier this year, PayPal announced planned changes to its User Agreement that would have, among other things, given the company broad rights to contact people by phone or text messages. The provision stated, in part...more
FTC And Florida AG Team up Against Medical Alert Systems - Together with the Florida Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Lifewatch for allegedly using deceptive robocalls to urge older...more