• Florida Makes Significant Changes To State Telemarketing Laws [telecom]

    From Moderator@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 20 19:22:51 2021
    by Edward S. Chang (Irvine) , William Dolan (Chicago),
    Jennifer Everett (Washington, DC), Richard M. Martinez (Minneapolis), Christopher Pace (Miami) and John Vogt (Irvine)

    Florida law now provides a private right of action for violations of
    various telemarketing rules, allows the use of certain automated
    telemarketing methods with prior express written consent, and imposes
    certain restrictions on telemarketing methods.

    On June 29, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill
    that makes significant amendments to the state's telemarketing
    laws. The amendments became effective on July 1, 2021. These
    amendments come in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent Facebook
    decision, which all but eviscerated the Telephone Consumer Protection
    Act ("TCPA"). Provisions of the bill include: ...

    https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/dodd-frank-consumer-protection-act/1090520/florida-makes-significant-changes-to-state-telemarketing-laws?email_access=on

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