Last week, New Jersey’s Governor, Chris Christie (R), signed a bill which will allow telemarketing companies to make sales calls to mobile devices when the call is made to a customer with whom an existing relationship exists or in response to the customer’s written request.
While many companies focus on complying with the Telephone
In honor of National Data Privacy Day, we provide the following “Top 15 for 2015.” While the list is by no means exhaustive, it does provide some hot topics for businesses to consider in 2015.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is continuing its efforts to clarify the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and its requirements.
To this end, the FCC is seeking comments by tomorrow, January 13, 2015, on eleven petitions seeking waiver of the FCC’s rule on opt-out notices on fax advertisements to recipients who have provided prior express
Complying with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is a growing concern for employers and others. This is especially true given that suits under the TCPA have regularly resulted in damage awards of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars.
We have developed a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions concerning TCPA. If you
On December 19, 2014, the FCC published Chairman Thomas Wheeler‘s response to Senator Bill Nelson’s (D-FL) letter regarding the FCC’s recent proposed $10 million fine against two telecom companies.
In the response, Chairman Wheeler reiterated the need for FCC action in this area and explained that consumers regularly entrust their most personal, confidential,
The New Jersey Assembly on December 15 unanimously approved, by a vote of 75-0, a bill designed to better protect consumers from identify theft. Bill A3146, if approved by the Senate, would expand the state’s law to include disclosure of a breach of security of online accounts.
Per the Identity Theft Resource Center, between
We reported earlier that the National Labor Relations Board had been considering changing its previous position that “employees have no statutory right to use the[ir] Employer’s e-mail system for Section 7 purposes.” The NLRB’s position in this regard was established in 2007, under the NLRB’s ruling in Register Guard. Today, in Purple Communications Inc.
In what may be considered a blow to class action defense, this week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that an offer of judgment to the named plaintiffs did not moot a proposed class action. This was a case of first impression before the Eleventh Circuit.
The putative class action, Stein
Many of us have likely received a notification from our bank or credit card company concerning suspected fraud or improper charges. However, the legality of those messages is not always clear. To this end, on October 14, 2014, the American Bankers Association (Association) filed a petition for exemption requesting that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)