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Texas SB 140 – Texas’ New and Not-So-Mini TCPA Requirements

Texas continues the trend of state “mini-TCPA” laws expansion in response to the Supreme Court of the Unites States’ landmark ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which limited the reach of the TCPA by narrowly defining an...more

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Texas Mini-TCPA Took Effect September 1: Are You Ready?

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Effective September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 140—often referred to as the state’s “Mini-TCPA”—became law. The change means that text messages are now treated the same way as telephone solicitations under Texas rules....more

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Marketing Texts in Texas: SB 140 Broadens State Telemarketing Regulations

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On September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 140 (SB 140) becomes effective, broadening certain aspects of the state’s telemarketing law to cover text messages, multimedia messages and similar electronic communications. The...more

Troutman Amin LLP

FCC MASSACRES CONTINUE: 1,200+ Providers Banned in Robocall Crackdown for Their Continued Non-Compliance with Robocall Protections

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The FCC continues to intensify its war on robocalls, cutting off more than 1,200 voice service providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database for failing to comply per the FCC’s announcement today. This massive sweeping...more

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Keep Your Saddle Oiled And Your Gun Greased! Your Business May Need To Register As A Telemarketer In Texas By September 1

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Since the publication of BCLP’s latest telemarketing alert, Don’t Mess with Texas! How Will Texas’s Amendment to Its State Telemarketing Law Impact Litigation?, many clients have reached out to us wondering if their...more

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Compliance Deadline of September 1 for Companies Sending Texts: Telemarketing Registration in Texas

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Texas’s amended telemarketing registration law takes effect on September 1. Although the law is not new, the legislature expanded it to apply to text messages. Under Texas’s existing law, a company that makes telephone...more

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New Texas Telemarketing Law Significantly Expands Companies’ Telemarketing and Telephone Solicitation Requirements

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Our TCPA Counseling & Litigation Team breaks down a new Texas law that significantly expands the rules for companies doing telemarketing and telephone solicitations in the state....more

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Before You Hit Send, There’s a Change to Texting Rules in Texas

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Does your business send marketing text messages to Texas residents or from Texas? If so, you may need to register each business location from which you send texts with the Texas Secretary of State. ...more

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Texas ‘Mini-TCPA’ Goes Into Effect September 1, 2025: What You Need To Know

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Effective September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 140 (SB 140) materially expands the scope of the Texas Business and Commerce Code §§ 301-305 (Mini-TCPA) governing both telephone and SMS marketing. The statute requires...more

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Marketers: Beware of Texting in Texas

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On June 20, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 140 into law, taking effect on Sept. 1, 2025. Among other things, this bill expands the scope of Texas’ telephone solicitation legislation (the Texas Telephone...more

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TCPAWORLD ON THE ROAD: Nomorobo is at it again– Suing RSI ENTERPRISES, INC for at least $1.798MM

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So I am on the road for a little baseball related vacation with the boys. But that won’t stop me from bringing you the latest TCPA developments! One of the biggest stories of 2025 so far is Nomorobo– a massive honeypot owner–...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Maintain Internal Do Not Call List Compliance Procedures or Face the Consequences!

Last month, Lendify Associates LLC (“Defendant”) was sued in the Central District Court of California for allegedly violating the internal Do Not Call (or “DNC”) list compliance requirements of the Telephone Consumer...more

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MIDYEAR LITIGATION REPORT: TCPA Class Actions Up Staggering 95.2% from 2024–Previously the Highest Year On Record

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2024 was a record setting year for TCPA litigation with the highest number of class actions filed in a single year ever. 2025 is blowing it out of the water. To date there have been 1,052 TCPA class actions filed in 2025–...more

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CASHING IN: Barton Walks With Default Judgment of $130,900.00 Over Allegedly Unwanted Calls in Washington– And its A Good Lesson...

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I remember when default judgments in TCPA cases were for like $4,500.00. Then guys started hitting the mid-five figures. But now recoveries in the six figures on a default basis is becoming pretty standard. The truth is the...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

TCPA Compliance is Essential! Give Your Practices and Procedures a Facelift

On June 23, 2025, Nip & Tuck Plastic Surgery, LLC (“Defendant”) was sued in the Northern District of Georgia for allegedly violating the Do Not Call (“DNC”) provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). DNC...more

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Bermuda Telemarketing Guidance Note

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1. Governing Texts 1.1. Legislation The Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (as amended) (PIPA) The Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (as amended) (ETA) The Standard for Electronic Transactions (the ETA Standard) ...more

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Texas SB140: Changes to Telemarketing Law May Reshape Compliance and Litigation Risks

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Texas is poised for a significant overhaul of its telemarketing regulations with the anticipated enactment of Senate Bill 140 (“SB140”). Awaiting Governor Abbott’s signature and scheduled to take effect on September 1, 2025,...more

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FCC Proposes First of its Kind $4.5 Million Penalty on Voice Provider for Alleged Know-Your-Customer Failures

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On February 4, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) against voice service provider Telnyx LLC (Telnyx) for alleged violations of the...more

Hinch Newman LLP

Will the FTC Under President-Elect Trump Reject Novel Liability Theories?

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President-elect Donald Trump recently announced that Republican Commissioner Andrew Ferguson will chair the Federal Trade Commission during Mr. Trump’s second administration. Commissioner Ferguson is also a known critic of...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

DNC Demand Letters Are a Serious Matter

As our readers are aware, companies risk substantial penalties for failure to abide by federal Do-Not-Call (“DNC”) regulations. Many DNC lawsuits, that eventually end in judgment or settlement, were preceded by DNC demand...more

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Telemarketers Ask: What Is an Oklahoma Automated System?

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On November 1, 2022, Oklahoma’s Telephone Solicitation Act (“OTSA”) took effect. State telemarketing laws, such as the OTSA, have been coined Mini-TCPAs because they are, in large part, the state equivalents of the TCPA. The...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Senate Holds Hearing on “Protecting Americans from Robocalls”; Senators...

The US Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband (“Subcommittee”) held a hearing on “Protecting Americans from Robocalls.” Testifying before the Subcommittee...more

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Roundup of FTC Consumer Protection Matters of Interest to Digital Advertisers: April 2023

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In April 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a number of consumer protection actions and inquiries involving an important U.S. Supreme Court Ruling regarding the ability of defendants in FTC and SEC actions to raise...more

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Roundup of FTC Consumer Protection Matters of Interest to Digital Advertisers: March 2023

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In March 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a number of consumer protection actions involving data privacy, COVID health claims, a robocall debt relief pitch scheme, and alleged harmful noncompete restrictions. The...more

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NY Telemarketing Law Requires Immediate Disclosure of DNC Right

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On December 6, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation intended to crack down on unwanted telemarketing calls. Legislation (S.8450-B/A.8319-C) requires telemarketers to give customers the option to...more

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