Chief Strategy Officer of Ringba · Las Vegas, NV
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
In March 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 10 states sued Cancer Recovery Foundation International, also known as Women's Cancer Fund, and its operator, Gregory B. Anderson.
Case analysis · Consent & revocation
In Tom v. Delancey Street Group LLC, Case No. 2:26-cv-01150-JMA-ST (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 5, 2026), Judge Joan M. Azrack dismissed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) do-not-call suit with prejudice.
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
A fax inviting doctors to a free educational seminar on opioid misuse was not an "unsolicited advertisement" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held.
Case analysis · Consent & revocation
A company that bought part of a business, including its customer fax list, and then faxed an advertisement to more than 11,000 numbers without permission or an opt-out notice was liable for nearly $6 million.
Case analysis · Calls & text messages
In Moskowitz v. American Savings Bank, F.S.B., 37 F.4th 538 (9th Cir. 2022), the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a bank sued under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) over automated replies to text messages, and then reversed an award of attorney's fees that the district court had treated as "costs" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(d).
Case analysis · Do Not Call
A satellite television company that controlled its telemarketing retailer, knew about its violations and kept profiting was liable for the retailer's calls to numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and the trial court properly trebled the damages.
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
A company whose logo appears in an unsolicited fax is not liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) unless the fax was sent on its behalf under ordinary agency principles.
Regulatory update · FCC & rulemaking
On November 18, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed a $9,997,750 fine on Kenneth Moser and his San Diego-based company, Marketing Support Systems.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: a federal grand jury indicted a Rhode Island man on 40 counts for allegedly collecting up-front "tax and fee" payments from victims of a Jamaica-based lottery telemarketing scam.
Case analysis · Calls & text messages
A T-Mobile customer who received a "T-Mobile Tuesdays" text offering a free Subway sandwich could not hold Subway liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
A jury found that ViSalus, Inc. placed 1,850,440 prerecorded calls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), producing a statutory damages award of $925,220,000.
Analysis · Do Not Call
An Oregon consumer filed a putative class action on July 12, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against insurance brokerage Senior Healthcare Advisors LLC, alleging telemarketing calls to a number on the National Do Not Call Registry.
Regulatory update · FCC & rulemaking
On October 3, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced what it called first-of-their-kind Enforcement Bureau orders.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Timothy Thomas, the former owner and chief executive officer of a Nashville-based telemarketing company, was sentenced on July 2, 2018, to 66 months in federal prison.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: the last of five Indian nationals charged in a Houston-based fraud ring pleaded guilty to mail fraud conspiracy.
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: on July 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services, No. 25-2398, that the private right of action in 47 U.S.C. § 227(c)(5) of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) does not cover text messages.
Analysis · Do Not Call
In May 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) obtained a temporary restraining order against SL Finance LLC and its owners, Michael Castillo and Christian Castillo.
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
A satellite television company that became an affiliate of a consumer's wireless carrier years after he signed his service contract could not use that contract to compel arbitration of his Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claims.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Plaintiffs filed 330 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) cases in April 2026, including a record 255 class actions, according to WebRecon data reported by TCPAWorld.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: companies that process payments for telemarketers can face liability under the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) when they know, or consciously avoid knowing, that their clients are committing fraud.
Analysis · State telemarketing laws
On July 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and law enforcement partners nationwide, including the attorneys general of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced "Operation Stop Scam Calls," a joint crackdown on illegal robocalls.
Analysis · FCC & rulemaking
Members of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, launched the second phase of "Operation Robocall Roundup" on December 3, 2025.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: federal prosecutors charged four executives and two companies that allegedly bought live-transfer calls from lead generators and then sold limited benefit and discount plans by falsely presenting them as comprehensive health insurance.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
A federal jury in Atlanta has convicted Pradip Parikh, 67, of Valley Stream, New York, and Alpesh Patel, 40, of Louisa, Virginia, for their roles in an India-based call center scheme that impersonated Social Security Administration (SSA) officials.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: a Jamaican national who managed a lottery scam that called elderly victims about fake cash prizes, and posed as law enforcement in other calls, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Pittsburgh.
Case analysis · Consent & revocation
A motel franchisee that agreed that its franchisor and affiliates might provide purchasing assistance and supplied its fax number repeatedly gave prior express permission to receive fax advertisements from an approved supplier.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On January 4, 2023, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that Moin Idrishbhai Pinjara, 28, had been sentenced to 29 months in prison and ordered to pay $635,103 in restitution.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: the owner of a Peruvian call center company that cold-called Spanish-speaking U.S. residents, posed as attorneys and demanded "settlement fees" for products no one ordered was arrested while traveling in the United States and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On January 3, 2019, a federal grand jury in Tampa returned an 11-count indictment against Glenn Francis, 58, of Palm Harbor, Florida.
Regulatory update · FCC & rulemaking
The bottom line: on December 2, 2025, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent SK Teleco LLC of Missoula, Montana, a notice of suspected illegal traffic.
Regulatory update · Autodialers & artificial voice
On May 10, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Forfeiture Order imposing a $120,000,000 penalty on Adrian Abramovich, personally and doing business as Marketing Strategy Leaders, Inc. and Marketing Leaders, Inc. The FCC found that he made 96,758,223 illegal spoofed robocalls during a three-month period in 2016.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On April 5, 2019, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced sentences for eight defendants in a telemarketing scheme that targeted elderly victims with phony business "investments." Sentences ranged from four months to 87 months in prison.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Eight defendants have received prison sentences in Atlanta for their roles in an India-based call center scheme that impersonated the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and offered fictitious payday loans.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On March 7, 2025, federal prosecutors in Charlotte, North Carolina, announced that Bikramjit Ahluwalia, 39, had been extradited from Spain to face charges in an alleged tech support fraud scheme.
Analysis · Consent & revocation
Four consumers have filed a proposed class action against Albertsons Companies, Inc. alleging that it continued sending marketing texts after they opted out, including after it sent confirmations that they would not receive any more messages.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: federal prosecutors charged the former head of a Florida debt relief telemarketing operation and the former CEO of a payment sales agent with using about 26 sham merchant accounts to process more than $19 million in charges that bank rules prohibited.
State telemarketing laws
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) establishes a federal floor, not a ceiling. States can add their own rules, and many have.
FCC & rulemaking
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is found at 47 U.S.C. § 227.
Supreme Court · 2012
Private lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) can be filed in federal court.
Supreme Court · 2025
In a private lawsuit or other enforcement proceeding under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a federal district court is not bound by the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) interpretation of the statute.
Litigation & decisions
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has been one of the most litigated consumer laws in the United States.
FCC & rulemaking
Most changes to federal robocall and telemarketing rules begin life as a proceeding at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
FCC & rulemaking
Congress enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and directed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to implement it.
FCC & rulemaking
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implements the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) mainly through one long regulation: 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200, titled "Delivery restrictions." This guide gives an overview of how the regulation is laid out, highlights the paragraphs that come up most often, and lists recent and pending changes as of October 14, 2026.
Eleventh Circuit (en banc) · 2023
The full Eleventh Circuit ruled that a person who receives an unwanted, illegal telemarketing text message has suffered a concrete injury and so has standing to sue under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Consent & revocation
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) compliance is not one rule.
Supreme Court · 2016
A defendant cannot moot a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) suit, including a proposed class action, just by offering a named plaintiff full relief.
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.
