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Compliance Refresher: Calling Florida and Oklahoma

State-level telemarketing laws are nothing new. In fact, many states’ laws predate the federal Do Not Call (DNC) Registry and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). But level of risk associated with state telemarketing regulations has increased precipitously in recent years, particularly in Florida and Oklahoma.

Healthcare Calls Face Deliverability Challenges

Calling and messaging is an essential facet of modern healthcare. But even the most compliant healthcare callers are facing a new challenge that seriously impedes their ability to communicate with patients: the risk of calls being marked as spam or not being received due to the new regime of call blocking and labeling policies, apps, and regulations.

State and Federal Enforcement Actions Present Unique Challenges for Marketers

On August 2, the attorneys general from all 50 states announced the creation of an Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. The purpose of this task force is "to investigate and take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for bringing a majority of foreign robocalls into the United States." This represents an escalation in the ongoing trend of state and federal regulators—often working together—directly enforcing telemarketing regulations rather than merely leaving things to private plaintiffs in lawsuits and class actions. These regulatory enforcement efforts present particular challenges for law-abiding callers.

Political Campaigns Must Contend with New 10DLC Rules

Tuesday, November 8 is election day in what is shaping up to be a busy midterm election year. That means that political campaigns, and the communications and marketing professionals that they hire, are sending campaign-related text messages in enormous volumes. Political campaign messages are afforded some exemptions and privileges under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

Compelled Arbitration as a TCPA Defense Strategy

In recent months, multiple notable Telephone Consumer Protect Act (TCPA) court decisions have hinged on questions of arbitrability and the enforcement of mandatory arbitration clauses. These clauses are a valuable method of defense for callers and TCPA defendants, but they are not a simple, end-all-be-all solution. They are a complex legal defense strategy and a topic of considerable depth and nuance.

The TCPA and Personal Liability

Litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) generally targets companies, whether that means telemarketing companies or the sellers that hire them. But there is a legal precedent for TCPA complaints—and the potentially expensive penalties that go with them—to be filed against employees and corporate officers under a theory of individual liability.