Tom Pahl Named Acting Director FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection

Yesterday Jessica Rich, the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection announced to the staff of the agency her resignation.  Her last day in the office will be Friday, February 17th. Today, acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen named Tom Pahl as the acting Director, replacing Jessica Rich.

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U.S. Magistrate Judge in Michigan Rules LiveVox HCI System is Not an ATDS

On Thursday February 2, 2017 a United States Magistrate Judge in Michigan issued a Report and Recommendation in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case that determined the LiveVox, Inc. Human Call Initiator (HCI) System was not an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) and that calls made to a consumer’s cell phone using that system did not violate the TCPA.

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