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Steve Madden Settles TCPA Violations for $10 Million

As we have detailed in many posts and legal articles, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) provides for, among other things, statutory damages to individuals who receive unsolicited text messages to personal cell phones – unless the messages are sent for emergency purposes or the recipient has given his or her express consent to receive […]

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FCC Issues New TCPA Ruling on Telemarketing Liability

TCPA Declaratory Ruling In a Declaratory Ruling issued on May 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) sought to clarify the extent to which the advertisers of commercial products and services (referred to as “sellers”) can be held liable for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) by the third-party telemarketers that place telemarketing

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FTC Secures Huge Telemarketing Judgment

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently entered a judgment against a telemarketing corporation, NHS Systems, Inc., and five principals, for violating the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act and associated enforcement regulations, laid out in the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).   The defendants were accused of operating a telemarketing campaign, in

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