On April 28, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) unanimously approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) and an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) that would amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”). The FTC believes these changes are necessary to protect consumers from deceptive and abusive telemarketing practices. Please note that any business that […]
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To help you understand how to sell to consumers through telemarketing, while complying with the law, we have created this guide for every telemarketer in order to understand consumer disclosures. The guide introduces the regulations contained in the Telemarketing Sales Rule. If you are an advertiser who wants to reach consumers through a telemarketing campaign, you may be focused
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On September 13, 2019, Florida-based company Yodel Technologies LLC (“Yodel”) petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) for a declaratory ruling concerning the use of soundboard technology. Specifically, the petition addresses the question of whether soundboard technology should be considered a pre-recorded voice message, or “robocall,” within the meaning of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).
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This past Monday, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia upheld a Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) interpretation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”) which held that marketing calls placed through use of soundboard technology constitute “robocalls” under the statute. Although the FTC originally found that telephone calls using soundboard technology do not
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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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