Alarming Change to TSR Impacts Soundboard Technology
The Soundboard Association (SBA) lost its battle to prevent implementation of the November 10, 2016 FTC Staff Opinion Letter to the telemarketing industry on avatar or "soundboard" technology.
The Soundboard Association (SBA) lost its battle to prevent implementation of the November 10, 2016 FTC Staff Opinion Letter to the telemarketing industry on avatar or "soundboard" technology.
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.
The Federal Communications Commission held its first meeting of the Robocall Strike Force, with more than 33 companies and organizations represented for the concerted effort to strike out robocalls.
On August 19, 2016, the FCC hosted the first meeting of the Robocall Strike Force, an industry-led group that is committed to developing comprehensive solutions to prevent, detect, and filter unwanted robocalls.
On August 4, 2016, the FCC issued a declaratory ruling in response to petitions from Blackboard, Inc., as well as a joint petition by Edison Electric Institute and the American Gas Association. Both petitions sought clarifications on the already existing "emergency purposes" exemption in the TCPA.
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.