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Are Robocalls Illegal?
As long as pre-recorded telemarketing messages are sent in compliance with the latest amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule, companies are free to use that marketing method.
Business, Federal Trade Commission, Marketing Law, Robodialing, Telemarketing Sales Rule
Employing the Enemy: Sobering Statistics
Employee lawsuits are more than an expensive nuisance. They erode productivity, distract management, and can transform your corporate culture. The most frustrating thing about employee lawsuits are that they are mostly avoidable.
Business, Business Law, Employee Lawsuits, Employees, Employment, Small business
Spam Levels Are Down: Are Consumers Waking Up?
Unsolicited spam e-mails have dropped by staggering 47% in the past several months. Seeing as approximately 80% of all e-mails are unsolicited spam messages, the reduction equates to countless billions of unwanted e-mails that are no longer being received. What accounts for the drop?
Rolling the Dice: Classifying Employees as Independent Contractors
I’ve been conducting an informal survey, and so far I’ve found that as many as 30 percent of small businesses (those with ten or fewer employees- pizza joints, print shops, clothing boutiques, etc.) knowingly misclassify their employees as independent contractors in order to save money on taxes, and if the future of their business rests on it, can they truly be blamed?
Employees, Employment, Independent contractor, IRS, Small business
New Cures for Cancer, Diabetes, Arthritis, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Fatigue
The FTC has been targeting health product marketers like hunters in duck season, and any health product seller must be extremely cautious about the claims they make in advertisements.
Conditions and Diseases, Coral Calcium, Federal Trade Commission, Marketing Law, Telemarketing, Television advertisement