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# Rules of the Road: Following Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) Requirements

  January 1, 2005

Kelley Drye Client Advisory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eighteen states have Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE), also known as spam, statutes in effect currently. Requirements between states vary greatly, therefore, it is best to abide by the strictest state rules in order to make sure that you do not run afoul of any state’s UCE regulations.

 

 

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