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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
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).
The TSR’s robocall…
Federal court upholds FTC opinion applying TSR robocall consent requirement to calls made using soundboard technology
By Barbara S. Mishkin on
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…