November 2019

What is An Opt-Out Request Under TCPA Law? - Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

What is an Opt-Out Request Under TCPA Law?

On November 1, 2019, Capital One Services, LLC (“Capital One”), filed a Petition for a Declaratory Ruling with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to determine whether it may send, without violating the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (“TCPA”), one-time text messages to clarify the scope of ambiguous opt-out requests that it periodically receives from its customers. […]

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FTC Clarifies Influencer Law with New Sponsorship Disclosure Guide

On November 5, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission released a new guide, “Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers” (the “Guide”), in an attempt to curtail the scourge of deceptive ads published by social media influencers. In the past, we have blogged about how advertisers and influencers have come under investigation for failing to adequately disclose

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Personal TCPA Liability for Corporate Officers

November 6, 2019 Since passage of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), courts and businesses have grappled with whether – and to what extent – TCPA liability extends to corporate officers.  While the corporate veil often protects corporate officers from personal liability in other contexts, the wording of the TCPA (“It shall be unlawful for

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Iowa Fantasy Sports Becomes Reality

November 1, 2019 In an effort several years in the making, Iowa recently issued the State’s first fantasy sports license to DraftKings, Inc. (“DraftKings”).  DraftKings wasted no time in getting its operations up and running, having launched its Internet-based Iowa fantasy sports service to the public in recent weeks. What are some notable provisions of

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