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In United States vs. Mortgage Investors Corp. of Ohio, filed in the Middle District of Florida on June 25, 2013, a home loan refinancing company agreed to pay a $7.5 million civil penalty for allegedly violating Do Not Call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).
Proposed legislation recently introduced in the New York Senate would impose new limitations on discount buying clubs.
On June 19, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held an industry roundtable in Washington, D.C. to discuss potential revisions to its Jewelry Guides.
In Mais v. Gulf Coast Collection Bureau, decided on May 8, 2013, in the Southern District of Florida, the court awarded the plaintiff $7500 for fifteen calls to his cell phone made by a debt collector.