CommLaw Monitor
New Article Provides Tips for Mobile Marketers
As more companies engaged in mobile marketing last year, many struggled to figure out how laws written before mobile phones existed apply in the wireless world. Consequently, 2009 saw some significant legal challenges…
NJ Bill Targets Unsolicited Text Message Ads
Two New Jersey legislators recently introduced a bill that would regulate text messages. Under the bill, no one may send a text message advertisement to a recipient in NJ if the recipient will incur a charge or a usage…
Text Messaging Petition Draws Little Comment
Initial comments were filed last week on Club Texting's request for a declaratory ruling regarding the use of text broadcasting for marketing purposes. Club Texting, a provider of mass texting services to marketers and…
U.S. Court of Appeals Applies Telephone Solicitation Restrictions to Text Messaging
On Friday, June 19, 2009, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision involving a mobile marketing campaign. A key issue in the case is whether text messages are subject to the Telephone…