Charities Lose Challenge to Do-Not-Call Rules

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Telemarketing restrictions on the Baltimore-based National Federation of the Blind and Special Olympics Maryland do not violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court has affirmed.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the telemarketing sales rule promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission in 2003, under which professional fundraisers are subject to restrictions not imposed on in house efforts by the charities themselves. The court also upheld the FTC's statutory authority to promulgate the rules.

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Charities Lose Challenge to Do-Not-Call Rules

The charities had objected to several of the provisions, including time-of-day restrictions on calls and compliance with a charity-specific do-not-call list.

[I]t is not the end of the world when a family receives an abandoned call...

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