July 2015

PayPal Overhauls Telemarketing Consent Language in User Agreement

July 2, 2015 This Monday, PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”) apologized to its customers and overhauled controversial telemarketing consent language in its recently revised User Agreement. PayPal’s decision follows a pair of sharply worded letters delivered to the company three weeks ago by the New York Attorney General’s Office (“NYAG”) and Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), which questioned […]

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13 Businesses, Officers Targeted for Alleged Telemarketing Sales Rule Violations

July 1, 2015 Last Monday, a federal district court in Orlando issued a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against a Florida corporation, five Florida limited liability companies and seven of the businesses’ respective officers (the “Defendants”), freezing the telemarketers’ assets and temporarily halting the group’s marketing initiatives. The Federal Trade Commission and Florida Attorney General’s Office

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