Telecommunications, Do Not Call List, Marketing

JOURNEYS: Genesco, Inc. Sued in TCPA Class Action Over Promotional SMS Messages From Journeys Brand

Troutman Amin LLP on 7/29/2025

Interesting new TCPA class action filing. Dr. Evil and the folks at LawHQ have filed a class action against Genesco, Inc. alleging it continued to send SMS messages promoting Journeys after a consumer texted stop. Per the...more

A New Era for TCPA Litigation: Conflicting Rulings on Text Messages and Do-Not-Call Rule

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/24/2025

The Supreme Court’s June 2025 decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson Corp. has upended the long-settled framework for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) compliance and litigation. As we discussed in...more

CHAOS CHAOS: A different Court Holds SMS Messages ARE Subject to TCPA DNC Protections– On the SAME DAY A Different Court Disagreed

Troutman Amin LLP on 7/24/2025

Gees keep up everyone! Moments ago I told you to expect chaos as a district court just held (for the first time) SMS Messages are NOT subject to the TCPA’s DNC rules. I told you other courts would disagree. Didn’t realize...more

PRIME TIME: Wolf Destroys Window Cleaner’s Hopes of Quick TCPA Class Action Exit

Troutman Amin LLP on 7/21/2025

A window washing company in Chicago is caught in a TCPA class action arising out of their apparent use of prerecorded calls to contact consumers. In Bulgart v. Prime Time Window Cleaning, 2025 WL 1899536 (N.D. Ill. July 9,...more

New FCC rule on TCPA consent for advertising and telemarketing calls and texts will significantly impact callers who obtain...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/15/2023

By a vote of 4-1, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) adopted a new rule amending its regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to close what it refers to as the “lead generator loophole.” ...more

Court Finds Do-Not-Call Rules Apply to Marketing Text Messages

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/5/2023

While an ongoing FCC rulemaking is seeking comment on whether the FCC should clarify that TCPA’s Do-No-Call rules apply to text messages as they do to voice calls, a federal court has weighed-in with its view that...more

Keeping the heat on cold (and warm) calls – new proposed law to restrict direct person-to-person telemarketing calls in Hong Kong

Hogan Lovells on 4/25/2019

On 9 April 2019, the Hong Kong Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) announced a plan to amend the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance (UEMO) to extend the regulatory framework to cover direct person-to-person...more

FTC signs MOU with Canada on Do Not Call and anti-spam enforcement activities

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/1/2016

In a sign of increased cross-border cooperation for enforcement purposes, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications...more

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