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D.C. Circuit rejects challenge to FTC opinion applying TSR robocall consent requirement to calls made using soundboard technology

By John L. Culhane, Jr. & Daniel JT McKenna on May 10, 2018

Posted in Federal Agencies, Regulatory and Enforcement, Telemarketing

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has rejected a trade group’s attempt to invalidate a November 2016 FTC opinion in which the agency concluded that outbound telemarketing calls made using soundboard technology are subject to the prior written consent requirement for robocalls in the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).… Continue Reading

Federal court upholds FTC opinion applying TSR robocall consent requirement to calls made using soundboard technology

By Barbara S. Mishkin on May 4, 2017

Posted in FTC, Regulatory and Enforcement, Telemarketing

A D.C. federal district court has rejected a trade group’s attempt to invalidate a November 2016 FTC opinion in which the agency concluded that outbound telemarketing calls made using soundboard technology are subject to the prior written consent requirement for robocalls in the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).

The TSR’s robocall written consent requirement applies to “any outbound telephone call that delivers a prerecorded message.” … Continue Reading