On July 27, 2023, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed HB 2052 (“the Act”) into law. The Act relates to data broker registration for entities that qualify as data broker under the Act. Data Broker Registration Overview The Act details that Oregon data brokers “may not collect, sell or license brokered personal data within this […]
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Last week, criminal charges were filed against seven current or former Iowa and Iowa state athletes in connection with underage sports betting. In what is possibly the largest college sports betting scandal in recent history, Iowa authorities began investigating 111 athletes in May for the prohibited conduct. As sports betting continues to be legalized across
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On August 3, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) “issued a record-breaking $299,997,000 fine for auto warranty scam robocalls made by the largest illegal robocall operation the agency has ever investigated.” As readers of this blog know, the penalty comes on the heels of Operation Stop Spam Calls, a major crackdown on
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On July 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an en banc decision in Drazen v. Pinto, holding that receipt of a single unsolicited text message confers Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) standing. As readers of this blog know, the Court agreed to rehear this issue back in March. As
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The American Gaming Association (“AGA”) recently updated its Responsible Marketing Code for Sports Wagering (the “Code”). The AGA is a trade group comprised of United States commercial and tribal casino operators, suppliers, vendors, and other affiliated entities. The Code is a publication of the AGA’s self-imposed restrictions on sports wagering marketing. It is intended to
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With each day that passes, artificial intelligence continues to find new ways to enter everyday life. The latest comes in the form of artificial intelligence (“AI”) that targets telemarketing. A man from California created an AI-powered chatbot (named Jolly Roger), with the sole purpose of tricking telemarketers into thinking that they are speaking with a
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On July 18, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) announced that it has been working with more than 100 federal and state law enforcement partners to crack down on widespread deceptive telemarketing practices. The joint initiative, known as “Operation Stop Spam Calls,” has already resulted in lawsuits against companies that place prerecorded
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In the past several years, a handful of states around the country have enacted laws governing the use of automatic renewal and continuous service provisions in consumer agreements. Most recently, Connecticut enacted Public Act No. 23-191 (“Connecticut’s Automatic Renewal Law”), which will go into effect on October 1, 2023. Connecticut’s Automatic Renewal Law prohibits the
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