Contact centers can now eliminate unprotected and unmonitored manual cell phone calls through the PBX SAN FRANCISCO -- LiveVox Inc., the provider of Private VoIP Cloud[TM] contact center applications, today announced click-to-call manual...
HEADNOTE To grow their scale beyond borders, marketers must negotiate a maze of channels, data and cultures Technology has paved the way for the emergence of global consumers, and marketers are becoming more...
HEADNOTE A bill in Congress would allow for the delivery of time-sensitive information to mobile phones On September 22, Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation that would modernize the...
A defendant sued for sending unsolicited fax advertisements did not have show "egregious" misconduct by plaintiffs' counsel in order to block class certification, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment. The defendant...
The U.S. Supreme Court tried to decipher the strange wording of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act on Monday to determine if plaintiffs can sue in federal court rather than state court. The Act...
A defendant sued for sending unsolicited text message advertisements could moot a proposed class action by offering the plaintiff his full request for relief, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal....
HEADNOTE New research reveals a lot about what makes top originators so highly effective. Many are seeking a good home in today's hostile regulatory environment. But they remain upbeat about the market. IMAGE...
It's fair to say the world of the mortgage originator has been transformed markedly today. * An ailing housing market, record foreclosures and sweeping regulatory reform have all made for a vastly changed...
Marketers have expressed skepticism about whether a new data security bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would be effective in solving what Wes Nguyen, head of marketing at Privacy Data Systems, said is...
The state has revoked the license of a Texas-based securities brokerage firm, according to the Colorado Banking and Securities Commission. O&G Securities was sanctioned as a result of a state investigation that alleged...
After Diana Mey's son listed a car for sale on Craigslist, she got a call inquiring about the vehicle. But it wasn't from a real person. Instead, Mey found an automated message from...
Andy Sheppard, investment adviser with Edinburgh firm Rowanbank Financial Consultants, said he has returned to cold calling as a method of generating business as auto-enrolment (AE) into company pensions approaches....
A plaintiff could recover statutory damages under both the automated-call and do-not-call-list subsections of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the 6th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal. The plaintiff sued in federal...
WASHINGTON -- The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert called "Gold" Stocks--Some Investments Mine Your Pocketbook to warn investors about investment scams that promote gold stocks and to provide...
The pesky cold calls selling credit cards and personal loans, as well as unsolicited SMSes providing stock tips may soon become history. Starting August 1, the new National Do Not Call (NDNC) regulation...
A plaintiff could not seek class-wide relief when pursuing a private cause of action under federal law prohibiting the sending of unsolicited fax advertisements, the New Jersey Appellate Division has ruled in affirming...
What do the barrage of real estate messages that clog your mobile's inbox each day signal? Well, apart from the obvious, and abysmal, failure of the do-not-call-registry, does it not tell you something...
UNLIKE MANY foreign jurisdictions, the United States lacks a singular, comprehensive consumer protection code. Consumer protection law in the United States is instead a patchwork of federal and state laws. This patchwork is...
Question: Temporary and standby guardianships - What is the petiod of time that a temporary guardianship is effective? Answer: In cet tain circumstances, aftet following the required procedures, and if an emergency exists...
A state court lawsuit over unsolicited faxes can go forward under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act even though the state legislature hadn't passed enabling legislation, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. A...