Judge Upholds FTC Staff Opinion that Avatar Calls are Prerecorded Messages under TSR Bottom Line: Companies that use soundboard technology will need prior written consent and will need to comply with the prerecorded message requirements under the TSR effective May...

I’ve had a ringside seat to one of the most riveting parts of the advertising ecosystem. If I were to extricate myself from my position and develop temporary amnesia, I believe I would find the entire ‘ecosystem’ comedic—though many would...

On February 22, 2016, the U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow of the Northern District of Illinois granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims based on violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  In  Payton v. Kale...

Solar Energy Will Thrive David Sandalow, the inaugural fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, is a former under secretary of energy and assistant secretary for policy and international affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy. UPDATED MAY 3,...