The automated calls, explains a press release (1) from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), claim that a Walmart ...

Spam calls are probably the most annoying daily issue that has arisen with smartphones. Either it's a salesperson cold ...

A local family lost $1,900 to sophisticated scammers who used phone spoofing technology to impersonate law enforcement ...

An explanation of the legal issues surrounding consumer sales promotions, specifically prize and price promotions, highlighting sweepstakes, contests, discounts, price comparisons, free offers, ...

Telemarketing calls are an unyielding annoyance of the modern world- constantly irritating you and refusing to ever stop, no matter how hard you wish they would. They'll even call on you birthday, ...

(WJET/WFXP)– A bipartisan bill updating Pennsylvania’s telemarketing laws is headed to the state House of Representatives following a unanimous vote Wednesday afternoon. Known as Senate Bill 992, the ...

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The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The Federal Trade Commission today announced new fees for telemarketers to access ...

Candidacy filing will close on July 22, with possible primary elections to be held on August 12 if multiple candidates from the same political party file to run Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, ...

The new law aims to address unsolicited telemarketing calls, in response to the limitations of existing regulatory mechanisms (e.g., the so-called Bloctel mechanism) and to strengthen consumer ...