On Friday, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed the Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022 into law. Much like Florida’s telemarketing law from last year, it turns the existing state telemarketing regulations into something like a mini-Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Late last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wrote an open letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting clarification on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules with regards to healthcare-related messages.
The world of marketing compliance is complex and fast-paced. Sometimes important news and developments can be missed. This post collects some of the most important news of the past month that we have not yet covered.
At their April 28 open meeting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed new rulemaking related to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that would extend some of the Rule’s regulations to business-to-business (
State Restricted Do Not Call Dates
May 4, 2022 – Rhode Island Independence Day
May 30, 2022 – National Memorial Day
*Also Jefferson Davis’ birthday
Canadian Restricted Do Not Call Dates
May 23, 2022 – Victoria Day
StopLitigators.com is a new, free, crowdsourced database of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigators compiled from demand letters submitted by industry users. StopLitigators.com is offering free access to check phone numbers against the database in exchange for signing up.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been adopting a new strategy for enforcing robocall regulations that involves signing Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with state attorneys general. In recent weeks, the FCC has announced MOUs with multiple states, usually in batches.
