KMT’s David Klein Talks Fantasy Golf with Legal Sports Report

While Daily Fantasy Golf Keeps Growing At DraftKings And Beyond, Legal Questions Linger The legal landscape of daily fantasy sports has been the subject of an ongoing debate, both at the state and federal levels. The golf vertical, however, might be particularly troublesome in the world of DFS. With its increasing popularity there have been […]

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Supplement Marketers to Pay $1.4 Million to FTC, Santa Cruz District Attorney

July 9, 2015 Last Wednesday, a group of supplement marketers agreed to pay $1.4 million to the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) and the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office (the “Santa Cruz DA”). The settlements follow allegations that two Delaware companies, three California businesses and the entities’ two individual principals (the “Defendants”)

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Time Warner Hit with $230k Autodialer Judgment

July 9, 2015 The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has awarded a Time Warner Cable Inc. (“TWC”) customer $229,500 in connection with 163 autodialed calls placed to her cell phone over a 13-month period. The calls were placed using an interactive voice response system (“IVR”) that was meant to call

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NY Senator Introduces “QUIET Act” Targeting Robocalls

July 8, 2015 On June 25, 2015, the senior Senator of the State of New York, Mr. Charles Schumer, introduced a bill before the United States Senate seeking to pass the “Quell Unnecessary, Intentional, and Encroaching Telephone Calls Act of 2015 (the “QUIET Act”). If passed, the QUIET Act will impose harsh financial penalties, and

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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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Court Enjoins California Marketers from Continuing Negative Option “Risk Free Trials”

June 30, 2015 On June 16, the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued an ex parte temporary restraining order prohibiting certain marketing companies from continuing to offer “risk free trials.” The injunction follows the filing of a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) against negative option marketers who promoted

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ICANN Considers Banning WHOIS Proxy Services for Commercial Websites

June 29, 2015 Last month, a working group for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) issued a report that contemplates whether the owners of certain commercial websites should be forbidden from using WHOIS proxy services to hide their identities. The working group is accepting public comments on the proposal, which has drawn

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