2.14.24 – JD Supra
The state trend in regulating telephone and text message marketing continues. Maryland’s new telemarketing law, the “Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023,” took effect on January 1, 2024. Like the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Maryland’s law prohibits telephone solicitations (i.e., marketing calls and texts) without the called party’s prior express written consent. However, unlike the TCPA, which prohibits the use of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS or autodialer), Maryland prohibits the use of an “automated system.”
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