February 2014

Telemarketers Charged with Deceptive Marketing to Pay $14 Million Penalty for Violating Injunction Order

In 2008, Bryon Wolf and Roy Eliasson settled deceptive marketing charges filed against them and their company, Suntasisa Marketing, Inc., by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  Mr. Wolf and Mr. Eliasson were ordered to pay $11 million dollars for deceptively marketing their products in violation the Federal Trade Commission Act.  As part of the settlement, […]

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FCC Holding of Vicarious Liability under TCPA Stands

On May 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a declaratory ruling which found that Dish Network, LLC may be held vicariously liable for a third-party marketer’s violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”).  Last year we told you that the FCC ruled that sellers “may be held vicariously liable” for the

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