CEO of Ringba · Miami, FL
Case analysis · Consent & revocation
Most courts agree you can revoke your consent to robocalls whenever you want. But what if that consent was part of a contract?
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
Extended warranty sellers often rely on outside call centers that pitch products from lots of companies.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
And it's the same old pitch: "Congratulations, you won! Just pay the taxes and fees first."
Analysis · FCC & rulemaking
Here's the thing ... if you get one traceback notice, maybe you had a bad customer. If you get 190, that's not bad luck. That's a business model.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
If you've been in this industry a while, you've heard the name Aaron Michael Jones.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On July 20, 2020, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota, part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that Wayne Robert Dahl, Jr., 51, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in Minneapolis.
Analysis · Autodialers & artificial voice
Here's a robocall script you've probably heard in some form before.
Analysis · Autodialers & artificial voice
I don't know about you, but I've been getting calls meant for somebody else for years. Some guy named Kevin apparently owes everybody money.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Every scam call center needs phones. Lines, caller ID, call recording.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
"This is the IRS. You owe back taxes. Pay now or you'll be arrested."
Regulatory update · FCC & rulemaking
Here's one from the fall of 2022 that shows how fast the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can shut a door.
Regulatory update · FCC & rulemaking
Here's the thing about cease-and-desist letters from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They're short. They're polite.
Analysis · Consent & revocation
I love my steaks. I do not love getting texted about one after I said no thanks.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
You know what takes guts? Getting shut down by a federal court and then opening basically the same business a few weeks later.
Analysis · Autodialers & artificial voice
Here's the thing about a robocall campaign. It's never one company.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Here's the part of this case that made me shake my head. The "fix" victims paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for?
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Some cases take years. This one took almost seven, from indictment to the leader's sentence.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Here's a fun one. Well, fun for me. Not fun for people scammed by this.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Picture this. You're behind on your mortgage. You call a number from a letter that says you're "pre-approved" for a government program.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On August 31, 2016, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that a federal jury in Chicago convicted Sundae Williams, 47, of South Holland, Illinois.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Callers in India. Victims across America. Checks mailed to Brooklyn.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
But in this case, the "organized crime" was a phone scam. Calls to grandparents. Fake emergencies. And money moved through cryptocurrency.
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
ACT, the nonprofit behind the college admissions test, sent three one-page faxes to a small private high school in 2012.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Usually in these stories, the senior is the victim. This time the guy who got sentenced is 79.
Analysis · Calls & text messages
I love guitars. I really do. But I don't love getting 58 texts about them from a company I've never bought anything from.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
This 2015 case laid out the playbook. Lead sheets. Fake agents. Threats of arrest. And internet phone lines dressed up to look like law enforcement.
Analysis · Consent & revocation
Quick quiz. You get a text from "USA Vein Clinics." Who sent it?
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
Remember "Rachel from Cardholder Services"? Those robocalls promising to lower your credit card interest rate?
Analysis · Consent & revocation
I've said it before and I'll say it again, because it's that important. Where your leads come from matters more than almost anything else in this business.
Analysis · Do Not Call
You've gotten the call. I've gotten the call. Your grandmother has definitely gotten the call.
Calls & text messages
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is the principal federal law limiting robocalls, robotexts, telemarketing calls, and junk faxes.
Do Not Call
You have real rights against unwanted robocalls, robotexts, and telemarketing.
FCC & rulemaking
This page lists the official, primary sources for federal telemarketing and robocall law.
Eleventh Circuit · 2025
The Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) "one-to-one consent" rule before it took effect.
Supreme Court · 2021
The Supreme Court significantly narrowed the definition of what constitutes an "automatic telephone dialing system," or autodialer, under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Do Not Call
The National Do Not Call Registry is the best-known part of United States telemarketing law. It sits on top of two rule sets.
Consent & revocation
Consent decides most Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) cases. The questions are always the same. What kind of consent did the call need?
Calls & text messages
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was enacted in 1991, before text messaging existed.
Supreme Court · 2020
The Supreme Court invalidated a 2015 exception to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that allowed robocalls to cell phones made to collect debts owed to or guaranteed by the federal government.
Autodialers & artificial voice
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) puts its strictest limits on two kinds of technology: automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voices.
D.C. Circuit · 2018
The D.C. Circuit reviewed a 2015 order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Alabama
Alabama bars solicitation calls on Sundays, holidays and after 8 p.m., licenses and bonds sellers, and allows up to $2,000 per knowing do-not-call violation.
Alaska
Alaska has no state do-not-call list, prohibits automated or recorded sales messages without a consent exception, and requires each campaign to be registered.
Arizona
Arizona requires a $100,000 bond from most sellers, bans intentional unsolicited sales calls to mobile phones, and extends its do-not-call rule to texts.
Arkansas
Arkansas makes automated recorded sales calls a felony with no consent exception, requires a $50,000 telephonic seller bond, and added text rules in 2025.
California
California bars automatic dialing-announcing device calls from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m., bans unsolicited text ads, and requires a $100,000 telephonic seller bond.
Colorado
Colorado keeps its own no-call list apart from the national registry, requires every solicitor to register for it, and expressly covers text messages.
Connecticut
Connecticut generally bars sales calls and texts without prior express written consent, limits them to 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and requires a 10-second disclosure.
Delaware
Delaware has no state do-not-call list but bars sales calls for 10 years after a customer says to stop, and requires registration with a $50,000 bond.
Florida
Florida keeps its own do-not-call list, limits solicitation calls to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and allows private suits for $500 per violation, including for texts.
Georgia
Georgia allows do-not-call suits for up to $1,000 per violation or as class actions, and requires a permit for automatic dialing and announcing devices.
Hawaii
Hawaii has no state do-not-call list. Its Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act caps rings at ten and requires opening disclosures in the first minute of a call.
Idaho
Idaho requires annual registration of telephone solicitors, lets the national registry serve as its do-not-call list, and voids contracts made in violation.
Illinois
Illinois has no state do-not-call registry. Its Automatic Telephone Dialers Act bars autodialer calls from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. and allows $500 per violation.
Indiana
Indiana keeps its own quarterly do-not-call list, which covers texts, and unlike federal law has no general established business relationship exemption.
Iowa
Iowa has no state do-not-call list, registration, calling-hours rule, or autodialer law, so federal rules principally govern telemarketing calls and texts.
Kansas
Kansas adopts the national registry as its no-call list, bars recorded sales pitches on unsolicited calls, and requires signed confirmation of phone sales.
Kentucky
Kentucky bars telephone solicitations before 10 a.m., limits ringing to 30 seconds, and requires telemarketing companies to register and post a $50,000 bond.
Louisiana
Louisiana keeps a state do not call list, requires solicitors to register, and bars solicitation calls on Sundays, legal holidays, and after 8 p.m.
Maine
Maine bans automated and prerecorded solicitation calls to homes and cell phones, with exceptions, and requires reassigned number checks before sales calls.
Maryland
Maryland bars solicitations from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., caps them at three per person per 24 hours on the same subject, and allows $500 per TCPA or TSR violation.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts has its own do not call registry, bars unsolicited sales calls from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., and allows up to $5,000 per knowing violation.
Michigan
Michigan bans recorded message solicitations, uses the federal do not call list as its own, and allows $1,000 damages for unauthorized recorded advertising.
Minnesota
Minnesota requires consent or a live operator for robocalls of any content, bars residential sales calls before 9 a.m., and has no state do not call list.
Mississippi
Mississippi requires solicitor registration and a $75,000 bond, covers texts, and allows solicitations only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., never on Sunday.
Missouri
Missouri keeps its own no-call list that telemarketers must buy, covers texts and faxes, and allows damages of up to $5,000 per knowing violation.
Montana
Montana requires telemarketer registration with a $50,000 bond and bars recorded sales messages unless a live operator first obtains permission.
Nebraska
Nebraska requires a $500 permit per solicitation robocall device, bans sequential robocall dialing, and limits Sunday and holiday robocalls to 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Nevada
Nevada limits residential solicitation to 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., requires a natural voice introduction on prerecorded sales calls, and bans caller ID blocking.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire adopts the federal Telemarketing Sales Rule as state law, lets injured consumers recover at least $1,000, and requires autodialer registration.
New Jersey
New Jersey requires telemarketers to register yearly, mandates disclosures within the first 30 seconds, and bans caller ID blocking and spoofing.
New Mexico
New Mexico keeps no state do-not-call list, limits sales calls to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and requires sponsor and purpose disclosure within fifteen seconds.
New York
New York requires telemarketer registration and a $25,000 bond, plus a do-not-call offer within 30 seconds of each sales call, and covers marketing texts.
North Carolina
North Carolina restricts prerecorded calls, requires age screening, and lets subscribers sue for $500, then $1,000, then $5,000 per violation within two years.
North Dakota
North Dakota makes solicitors give their true full name, bars prerecorded or synthesized messages absent consent, and awards $5,000 to $10,000 per spoofed call.
Ohio
Ohio has no state do-not-call list but enforces the TCPA and TSR as state law, and non-exempt telephone solicitors must register and post a $50,000 bond.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma limits sales calls to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and three per 24 hours on the same subject, allows $500 per violation, and keeps a state do-not-call registry.
Oregon
Oregon limits telephone solicitations, texts included, to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and three per party in 24 hours, and robocalls need an opt-out within 10 seconds.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania requires registration and a $50,000 bond, and Act 47 of 2026 limits solicitations to 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., with none on Sundays or legal holidays.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island limits unsolicited sales calls to 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, has no state do-not-call list, and restricts text ads.
South Carolina
South Carolina has no state do-not-call list, but its Telephone Privacy Protection Act covers texts and allows $1,000 per violation, up to $5,000 if willful.
South Dakota
South Dakota bars unsolicited sales calls and texts on Sundays and before 9 a.m. Callers must ask within thirty seconds if a sales presentation is wanted.
Tennessee
Tennessee keeps a Do Not Call/Text Register, charges solicitors $500 a year to register, and caps automated prerecorded solicitations at 10,000 per month.
Texas
Texas makes most telephone sellers register with the Secretary of State and post $10,000 security, and keeps its own no-call list that covers marketing texts.
Utah
Utah makes most telephone sellers register and post a $25,000 to $75,000 bond, and bars Sunday and legal holiday solicitations without prior express consent.
Vermont
Vermont has no state do-not-call list, enforces federal do-not-call rules as state law, and requires telemarketers to register with the Secretary of State.
Virginia
Virginia law covers marketing calls and texts, requires opt-outs to be honored for 10 years, and sets damages of $500, $1,000, then $5,000 per violation.
Washington
Washington ends solicitation calls at 8 p.m., bans recorded-message commercial robocalls, and bars commercial texts without clear, affirmative prior consent.
West Virginia
West Virginia requires telemarketer registration and a bond of up to $500,000, has no state do-not-call list, and sets $100 to $3,000 penalties per violation.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin charges telemarketers up to $20,000 a year to register, covers texts by name, and requires a signed written agreement for prerecorded sales calls.
Wyoming
Wyoming cuts off unsolicited sales calls at 8 p.m., bars them to unpublished cell numbers, and bans recorded sales messages with no consent exception.
