April 19, 2017 Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its settlement with “the ring leader of telemarketing operations that blasted illegal robocalls to consumers and called phone numbers listed on the National Do Not Call (“DNC”) Registry.” Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, Justin Ramsey, founder of Prime Marketing LLC, agreed […]
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April 18, 2017 Last week, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) successfully resolved a “junk fax” Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) class action with an accepted offer of judgment that satisfied both the named plaintiff and the court. Incredibly, Wells Fargo will only pay a total of $7,500 to resolve the TCPA class action. Courts
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April 17, 2017 Prize Amounts Can Have Sweepstakes Law Implications Businesses are increasingly turning to sweepstakes and promotions as a means of attracting new customers and solidifying relationships with existing customers. In this pursuit, business owners may be tempted to offer bigger and more expensive prizes in order to generate maximum buzz, but high ticket
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April 14, 2017 Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law a bill that legalizes and regulates fantasy sports contests and their operators within the State. The enactment makes Arkansas the eleventh such state to fully sanction the industry and impose a regulatory regime governing same. What are some key provisions of the new Arkansas fantasy
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April 13, 2017 Last week, the New York State Attorney General’s Office (“NYAG”) announced that San Francisco-based privacy technology company True Ultimate Standards Everywhere, Inc. (“TRUSTe”) has agreed to pay $100,000 in connection with TRUSTe’s children’s privacy safe harbor program. How can Internet and mobile app marketers steer clear of children’s privacy violations?
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April 12, 2017 A United States District Court in Illinois has awarded attorneys’ fees of at least $15.6 million to the TCPA lawyers which shepherded through the largest class settlement in the history of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). What was the nature of the TCPA lawsuit and the agreed upon settlement?
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April 7, 2017 Last year, we reported that a federal judge had found Amazon liable for charging customers for unauthorized in-app purchases made by the customer’s respective children in an action filed by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”). This week, the FTC announced that both Amazon and the Commission will withdraw their
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April 6, 2017 Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) announced that several Texas residents and their respective businesses have agreed to turn over their homes, cars, retirement savings and other valuables to settle a lawsuit filed in connection with the defendants’ telemarketing practices, reinforcing the importance of consulting with an experienced telemarketing lawyer before
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