On September 1, 2023, Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins of the Northern District of Illinois entered an order granting the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC’) partial summary judgment against Day Pacer LLC and associated defendants (collectively “Day Pacer”). The Court found that Day Pacer violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”) by: 1) placing millions of telephone calls […]
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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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In a recently released Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is seeking comment on certain important proposed amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”). Among these proposed (but not yet enacted) amendments is the potential repeal or narrowing of the long-standing Business to Business (“B2B”) exception. On a basic level,
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Through the course of interacting with consumers, and in connection with various ongoing commercial relationships with those consumers, business owners of all kinds are frequently able to amass a valuable database of consumer telephone numbers. Where permitted by the applicable privacy policy, as well as the specific telemarketing-related consent obtained from the subject consumers at
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A call center and three (3) individuals associated with a telemarketing effort on behalf of Grand Bahama Cruise Line LLC (“GBCL”) recently settled alleged TSR violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”) with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). The FTC intends to litigate this matter against the remaining seven (7) defendants in federal court, including
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August 30, 2018 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced that it will increase the fees that entities pay to access telephone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry (the “Registry”) per the terms of the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 (the “Act”). The fees for yearly access to the
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June 11, 2018 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently filed a lawsuit in connection with violations of federal telemarketing law and related conduct that allegedly began as early as 2001. The FTC sued an enterprise of entities and their owners, which it claims are recidivist violators of federal telemarketing laws, having been subpoenaed, investigated, and
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November 3, 2016 On November 1, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its settlement with a “collection of entities” known as Consumer Education Group (“CEG”) for alleged violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (the “TSR”). The settlement imposes a $2,339,687.00 penalty against CEG, but due to financial considerations, CEG will only be required to
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