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Cozen O'Connor

No More Mr. Nice Dial: AGs Turn Up Heat on Robocallers

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The Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, a bipartisan coalition of 51 AGs, has launched “Operation Robocall Roundup,” a multistate effort to crack down on robocalls across the country. As part of the operation,...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC and State AG Announcements Show Focus on Robocall Enforcement

Regulatory enforcement priorities can vary greatly between individual states and between the states and the federal government. But as we have previously reported, there is one area where regulators across the board tend to...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

AGs Urge the Federal Government to Regulate AI in Telemarketing

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North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein led a bipartisan effort urging the federal government to impose stricter regulations on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in telemarketing. The collective push involved 26...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Special Report - State Mini-TCPA Laws Create Patchwork Quilt of Regulations for Automated Calls and Texts - July 2023

Since the Supreme Court of the United States issued its 2021 ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which narrowly interpreted the dialing technologies that are considered an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) regulated by the...more

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Bipartisan Coalition Targets Billion-Dollar Illegal Telemarketing Industry

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A bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General (AGs) representing each state and Washington D.C. joined forces with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). They have announced their unified...more

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Mississippi AG Sues Two Companies for Placing Nearly 1,000 Illegal Robocalls to Mississippi Residents

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As a result of legislation passed this month, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed lawsuits against two companies, The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation and NaturaLawn of America, for allegedly violating the...more

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New FCC Requirements for Prerecorded Voice Calls Effective July 20: Is Your Company Prepared to Comply?

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently amended requirements concerning artificial or prerecorded voice calls, effective July 20. See Proposed 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200. Notably, the FCC amended requirements concerning...more

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A Conversation with NAAG President and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller - Regulatory Oversight Podcast

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In Episode 1 of Regulatory Oversight, Troutman Pepper Partner Ashley Taylor sits down with National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) President and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller to discuss NAAG’s goals and his...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA and FTC Continue to Trace and Fight Fraud Related to COVID-19

We have been blogging about the various actions that numerous government agencies were taking to combat COVID-19 fraud. These agencies and their respective law enforcement efforts have yet to slow down and appear to have...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A Year of GDPR: Five Recommendations to Help Limit Regulatory Scrutiny

A year ago, on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. With its extraterritorial scope and detailed requirements, the GDPR aimed to change the approach to personal data...more

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Telemarketing “free” back and limb braces for seniors adds up to a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud

Federal authorities have busted up what they say is a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud that should give taxpayers and patients pause about long-distance medical consultations and the huge sums of cash washing around the medical...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

BREAKING TCPA NEWS: Another REAL PEACE of Legislation Introduced to Combat “Robocalls”

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Yesterday, a trio of Democratic Senators – Dianne Feinstein, Richard Blumenthal, and Amy Klobuchar – introduced the REAL PEACE Act. The Act proposes to eliminate the long-standing exemption of common carriers from the...more

Hogan Lovells

Cold calls in hot water: Hong Kong consultation paper on P2P telemarketing

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Businesses may often use peer-to-peer ("P2P") telemarketing calls involving interpersonal communication to promote goods and services directly to customers. While such calls may be effective in some cases, they appear to be...more

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