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Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

Maine to Require Telemarketers to Check Reassigned Number Database

The governor of Maine recently signed an amendment to the state’s telephone solicitation law that will make it mandatory for telephone solicitors to check against the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s)…

Maryland’s New Telemarketing Law Now in Effect

As of January 1, 2024, the State of Maryland’s new telemarketing law, the “ Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023,” officially became law. One key provision of the new law creates a prohibition, absent prior express…

TCPA Tracker – August 2021

The August issue of Kelley Drye’s TCPA Tracker newsletter is here: TCPA ( Telephone Consumer Protection Act ) Tracker Newsletter is a cross-practice effort produced to help you stay current on TCPA (and related)…

Florida Takes Page Out of TCPA’s Book with New Legislation

The Florida legislature recently passed CS/SB 1120 updating and significantly expanding the state’s existing telemarketing laws, the Florida Telemarketing Act and the Florida Do Not Call Act . Many of the new…

Seventh Circuit Reminds Insurance Policyholders to Shop Carefully for TCPA Coverage

Last week, the Seventh Circuit reminded advertisers of the narrowing availability of insurance coverage for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claims. In Mesa Laboratories v. Federal Insurance Co ., the court…