Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Steps Down
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Jessica Rich, the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP), will step down.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Jessica Rich, the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP), will step down.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has essentially put an end to the telemarketing operations of Justin Ramsey, owner of Prime Marketing, LLC, and Mike Jones, owner of Allorey, Inc. and several other companies.
One week before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, democratic FTC commissioner and chairwoman Edith Ramirez has announced her resignation, effective February 10th.
Today the FTC released a staff opinion letter stating that, effective May 12, 2017 (six months from now), it will no longer distinguish soundboard calls from more traditional prerecorded robocalls.
On May 25, after an 8-day trial in the US District Court for the District of Utah, the jury reached its verdict in a significant DNC case. The Jury found defendant Feature Films for Families, along with its owner and related entities, liable for making roughly 100 million calls to numbers on the national Do-Not-Call list.