CommLaw Monitor
Mobile Content Providers Settle Allegations of Unauthorized Billing
A group of mobile content providers has agreed to settle class action lawsuits involving claims that they charged wireless subscribers for mobile content without authorization. Over the past few years, various…
MMA Updated Consumer Best Practice Guidelines
This week, the Mobile Marketing Association released the latest version of its U.S. Consumer Best Practices Guidelines for Cross-Carrier Mobile Content Services . The guidelines are the industry standard for…
Another Court Holds that Text Messages Could Violate the TCPA
In a post last month, we noted that a Chicago court had held that SMS messages that are sent to a consumer without the consumer’s consent could violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”). Since then,…
Court Holds that Text Messages Could Violate the TCPA
A federal district court in Chicago recently held that SMS messages that are sent to a consumer without the consumer’s consent could violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”). The decision echoes many…
New FTC Commissioners Confirmed
It has been quiet on the FCC front as all hands seem to be focused on the upcoming National Broadband Plan. In the meantime, I didn't want this development at the FTC to go unnoticed. Our firm's sister blog,…