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Health Reform Legislation Enacted

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 03.24.10

Congress has enacted, and President Obama has signed, major health reform legislation. A link to the enacted legislation, and to the pending amendments that have been approved by the House and are awaiting action by the Senate, can be found at http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/legislation?id=0361. We will soon post a summary and analysis of the new legislation.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 12.13.24

New FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule Amendments

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)  recently announced that it approved final amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), broadening the rule’s coverage to inbound calls for technical support (“Tech Support”) services. For example, if a Tech Support company presents a pop-up alert (such as one that claims consumers’ computers or other devices are infected with malware or other problems) or uses a direct mail solicitation to induce consumers to call about Tech Support services, that conduct would violate the amended TSR. ...