Federal Court “Throttles” AT&T’s Motion to Dismiss in “Unlimited Data” Case
A federal judge in California District Court recently issued an order denying AT&T’s motion to dismiss the FTC’s lawsuit against the company.
Category: Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Tired of Robocalls? So is the FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has been especially busy lately in its attempts to put an end to abusive and annoying robocalls.
Not So “Unlimited” Data: Should AT&T Be Worried by the TracFone Settlement?
The FTC has announced that TracFone, the largest prepaid mobile provider in the United States, has agreed to pay $40 million to FTC for data “throttling.”
Marketer on the hook for other party’s unauthorized texts
On Friday, the Ninth Circuit held that a marketing company could be liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for unauthorized texts sent by a third party. (Texts count as “calls” under the TCPA.) In Gomez v. Campbell-Ewald Co., the U. S. Navy contracted with Campbell-Ewald, a marketing consultant, on a multimedia recruiting campaign. […]