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FTC Sues Corporate Officers For Alleged Robocall and Text Message Marketing Scheme

Leave a Comment / Blog, Journal, Telemarketing Law / David Klein

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently filed its amended complaint in the action captioned Federal Trade Commission v. Acquinity Interactive, LLC, et al., Case No. 14-CV-60166 (S.D. Fl.), naming the owners of several companies allegedly engaged in a text message and robocall scheme involving offers for “free” merchandise, such as gift cards and iPads. The […]

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Text Message Marketer Found in Civil Contempt of Court Order

Leave a Comment / Journal / David Klein

In 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a complaint against text message marketer Phil Flora alleging that he had sent millions of deceptive text messages to consumers in violation of the FTC Act. The FTC’s complaint alleged that Mr. Flora used a network of affiliate marketers to deliver unsolicited text messages advertising deceptive mortgage

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Text Message Marketers Settle Suit with FTC

Leave a Comment / Journal / David Klein

Last week, two Chicago-based text message marketers, CPA Tank, Inc. and Eagle Web Assets, Inc., settled a case brought against them by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). The FTC complaint alleged that the text message marketers were part of a scheme that sent millions of unwanted text messages to consumers and used gift cards to

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TCPA Class Action Certified Against Retailer that Sent Text Messages to VIP Customers

Leave a Comment / Journal / David Klein

In an Illinois federal action that has been heavily litigated for over a year and has gone through several named plaintiffs, a magistrate judge recently recommended that the putative class be certified against a popular Chicago retailer, Akira, which was charged with violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) for using an automated telephone dialing

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FTC Crackdown on Unsolicited Commercial Text Message Spamming Continues

Leave a Comment / Journal / David Klein

As evidence of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) increased zeal to stem the tide of unsolicited commercial text message marketing, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently approved and entered a heavy-handed final judgment against Rentbro, Inc. and its principals. Among other things, the judgment compels Rentbro to pay to

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Steve Madden Settles TCPA Violations for $10 Million

Leave a Comment / Blog, Journal, Telemarketing Law, Trademark & Copyright Law / David Klein

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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FTC and Text Message Marketers

Leave a Comment / Journal / David Klein

As detailed in this Tuesday’s blog post, the FTC recently filed a lawsuit against SubscriberBASE, All Square and several other defendants for using unsolicited text message marketing services to drive consumers to their websites. It is now clear that in addition to suing the parties operating the websites, the FTC is targeting the third party

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FTC Goes After Text Message Fraud

Leave a Comment / Journal / David Klein

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, targeting several prominent advertising companies, including SubscriberBASE and All Square, for what it alleges are deceptive and unfair advertising practices. SubscriberBASE and All Square maintain several websites which advertise “free” merchandise to consumers

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