On August 23, 2017 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s decision that the “invasion of privacy” exclusion in the Los Angeles Lakers’ Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance policy excluded them from recovering legal costs resulting from their defense against a TCPA claim.
CITGO agreed to a $8.3 million TCPA class action settlement involving unsolicited text messages sent to contacts from a prior sweepstakes sponsorship.
Update: As of July 1, 20203, Mississippi no longer maintains its own list and instead uses the federal list.
The Federal Trade Commission has announced FY 2018 fees for telemarketers accessing phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry.
The answer is a resounding YES. Your business is in danger for as long as serial litigators can profit from continuing to target businesses that use telemarketing. Their mission is to entrap businesses, like yours, with exaggerated or fabricated claims of TCPA violations.
The FTC begins August with an announcement that they are escalating the fight against illegal robocalls.
Brace yourself for the next wave of data protection rules from our European neighbors. Time is running out for marketers to begin preparations for the new data privacy regulation adopted by the European Union (EU). The EU Parliament approved the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on April 14, 2016.
On July 13, 2017, the FCC took action to address the issue of robocalls to reassigned phone numbers. They recognize that businesses or other robocallers that unknowingly call a reassigned number can annoy the new consumer and deprive the intended consumer of an expected call.