by Daniel Blynn

Maryland Telemarketing Bill Looks to Join Florida in Expansively
Prohibiting the Use of “Automated Systems for the Selection or
Dialing of Telephone Numbers”

Steptoe telemarketing litigation partner new guy Dan Blynn here with
a recent state telemarketing law development out of Maryland-and
it's not a good one. Specifically, in mid-January 2023, Maryland
Senate Bill 90, entitled the “Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023,” was introduced. A hearing was held on the bill in the state Senate
Finance Committee just last week, on February 1, 2023. While
laudable in its aim, like Florida's and other states’ recent
telemarketing law amendments before it, the bill only serves to
inject ambiguity and raise questions regarding what is prohibited.
If passed, the Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023 will help feather the
nests (more) of the plaintiffs' class action bar without offering
meaningful relief to Maryland residents.

https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1281352?q=1803232&n=698&tp=2&tlk=2&lk=28

The opposing statement reads like flak talk to me. Of course the
comment on the proposed legislation reads “only serves to inject
ambiguity and raise questions regarding what is prohibited. If passed,
the Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023 will help feather the nests (more)
of the plaintiffs' class action bar without offering meaningful relief
to Maryland residents,” because the writer doesn't want any meaningful
relief for anyone, as that would offend the profit-above-all-things
god they worship.

Tom

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On 3/3/2023 10:38 AM, Thomas Horne wrote:

by Daniel Blynn

Maryland Telemarketing Bill Looks to Join Florida in Expansively
Prohibiting the Use of “Automated Systems for the Selection or
Dialing of Telephone Numbers”

Steptoe telemarketing litigation partner new guy Dan Blynn here
with a recent state telemarketing law development out of
Maryland-and it's not a good one. Specifically, in mid-January
2023, Maryland Senate Bill 90, entitled the “Stop the Spam Calls
Act of 2023,” was introduced. A hearing was held on the bill in the
state Senate Finance Committee just last week, on February 1,
2023. While laudable in its aim, like Florida's and other states’
recent telemarketing law amendments before it, the bill only serves
to inject ambiguity and raise questions regarding what is
prohibited. If passed, the Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023 will
help feather the nests (more) of the plaintiffs' class action bar
without offering meaningful relief to Maryland residents.

https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1281352?q=1803232&n=698&tp=2&tlk=2&lk=28 >>

The opposing statement reads like flak talk to me. Of course the
comment on the proposed legislation reads “only serves to inject
ambiguity and raise questions regarding what is prohibited. If passed,
the Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023 will help feather the nests (more)
of the plaintiffs' class action bar without offering meaningful relief
to Maryland residents,” because the writer doesn't want any meaningful relief for anyone, as that would offend the profit-above-all-things
god they worship.

Tom

The Digest frequently carries the top of stories from Mondaq. These
are generally written by and for lawyers who defend the telemarketing/ spam/robocalling industry against lawsuits. So they are not aimed at
consumers. Their main value here is as a window into the way the
“enemy” thinks.

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Interisle Consulting Group
+1 617 795 2701

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