The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an agreement with the owners of a New Jersey-based septic tank cleaning supplies company over robocall violations. The owners of the company will pay a fine of $1.6 million, accept a permanent ban on telemarketing, and turn over a residential property.
It has been three months since the Supreme Court’s monumental ruling in Facebook v. Duguid.
2021 has already been an eventful year for compliance.
UPDATE 5/24/2021
The FCC voted to adopt this rule at its meeting on May 21, 2021.
Following up on last month’s actions, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a set of three robocall actions under the tenure of Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel.
Acting Chair of the Federal Communications Commission Jessica Rosenworcel has announced her first major agenda items relating to the Commission’s ongoing project to regulate robocalls.
December 30, 2020 marks the one year anniversary of President Donald Trump signing the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act into law. The law, whose name is an acronym for Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence, is the first major federal telemarketing legislation in more than a decade.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Facebook v. Duguid on the morning of Tuesday, December 8.