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What Corporations Should Know About the FCC’s New Telemarketing Rules: Effective October 16, 2013

by Adam J Krohn October 24, 2013 BigLaw

Last year the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted several very significant changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  The changes to the regulations have become effective on October 16, 2013.  Two of the changes include: A requirement that written consent be obtained prior to a business placing a call; and The “established business relationship” […]

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Advice on Proper Collection and the Use of Mobile Phone Numbers Given by Federal Agencies

by Adam J Krohn October 18, 2013 Blawging

On September 25, 2013 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled its first case that involved text messages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  This case has shown that (1) the FTC believes that “clear and conspicuous” disclosure rules are applicable regardless of the medium and technological limitations of the device; and (2) the FTC […]

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Defendants Will Pay $1 Million to Settle the First Case Brought by the FTC that Alleges Text Messages Were Used in an Illegal Debt Collection Scheme

by Adam J Krohn October 16, 2013 Banking and Finance Law

In the first Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action against a debt collector who used text messaging in their efforts to collect debts in an unlawful manner, the California based collector will pay $1 million to settle the charges that they violated federal law. It was alleged by the FTC that Archie Donovan and two companies […]

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Do You Have Errors on Your Credit Report? How to Handle Them

by Adam J Krohn June 5, 2013 Banking

(US Law) A recent study that has been released by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has found that 26 percent of consumers have a material error on at least one of their three credit reports.  Of the consumers in the study, 5 percent that had an error, once it was corrected they were placed in […]

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FTC Says Credit Report Errors Are “Significant”

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ April 3, 2013 Law

In a recently released Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report, researchers found that approximately 5 percent of U.S. consumers had errors on one of their three requested major credit reports. Those errors which are deemed “significant” can possibly affect potential auto loans or insurance costs, resulting in less than favorable loan terms if you, the consumer, […]

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