CBDBuzzz.com
  • Home
  • News
  • Culture
  • Science
  • Health
  • Videos
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
CBDBuzzz.com
  • Home
  • News
  • Culture
  • Science
  • Health
  • Videos
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
CBDBuzzz.com
No Result
View All Result

Will Somebody Please Tell the Cannabis Industry about the TCPA Already?

June 27, 2020
in News
Reading Time: 3 mins read
A A
Will Somebody Please Tell the Cannabis Industry about the TCPA Already?
399
SHARES
2.3k
VIEWS
ShareShareShareShareShare

Its official– the legal marijuana crowd has a TCPA problem.

One of the perks of reviewing every TCPA case across the country on a daily basis is that it enables us to spot trends in the activity of Plaintiffs and their counsel so we can provide better advice to our compliance clients, even as we prepare for and defend ongoing litigation.

While many of these changes are subtle, some trends stick out like a sore thumb. For instance, the cannabis industry is being absolutely blown up with TCPA lawsuits recently, and its high time somebody formed a trade organization to help these folks figure out the telecom laws in this nation.

The latest target is the cleverly named MARY JANE’S CBD DISPENSARY (how’d they come up with that?) that was sued yesterday in the US District Court for the district of Nevada. The putative TCPA class action is brought by Abbas Kazerounian’s shop, arguably the best TCPA class action lawyers on the consumer side out there.

The complaint alleges the dispensary is just firing away automated text messages for marketing purposes. Here’s an example:

I mean that’s just an obvious no no (even with the FCC’s big new ruling out today on text messages) unless Mary Jane’s had express written consent—and all the needed conspicuous disclosures—to send the message.

The complaint includes a class of:

All persons throughout the United States (1) to whom Defendant delivered, or caused to be delivered, a text message, (2) directed to a number assigned to a cellular telephone service, (3) by using an automatic telephone dialing system, (4) within four years preceding the date of this complaint through the date of class certification.

So this could be a really big deal for these folks. The penalties for violating the TCPA is $500.00-$1,500.00 per call and a class action–like this one–could cost hundreds of millions or even billions in exposure. (Of course the average settlement cost for one of these is over $6MM bucks!) For the curious, the complaint is here: Mary Jane Complaint

But as I mentioned, the Mary Jane Complaint is just a drop in the bucket. The Cannabis industry is absolutely under assault right now. I’ve seen a dozen or so cases filed against these companies in just the past few weeks and, judging by the allegations, it –looks like these folks are making themselves attractive targets. Perhaps most notably, the dispensaries are not just putting themselves in harm’s way– the platforms and CRMs used by these companies are also in the cross hairs. Indeed, the entire cannabis ecosystem appears vulnerable to significant (existential?) TCPA risk at this point.

I don’t personally have any cannabis dispensary clients (or vice versa) but if you do will you tell the industry to get it together and stop being such low hanging fruit? Even if the Cannabis market is valued north of $50BB in the United States and growing,  these guys are going to put themselves out of business before they know it.  And make some very dangerous plaintiff’s lawyers even richer in the process…

To Read The Rest Of This Article By Eric J. Troutman on TCPA World
Click Here

Published: June 26, 2020

The post Will Somebody Please Tell the Cannabis Industry about the TCPA Already? appeared first on L.A. Cannabis News.

Credit: Source link

Share160Tweet100SendShare28Pin36
Previous Post

Aurora Cannabis’ $1.94 Billion Mistake Just Got Worse

Next Post

Canopy, Acreage Delay Deadline For Landmark Merger

Related Posts

28 grams of game: Shiest Bubz is legend
News

28 grams of game: Shiest Bubz is legend

February 3, 2023
Australia to allow magic mushrooms and MDMA for limited medical use
News

Australia to allow magic mushrooms and MDMA for limited medical use

February 3, 2023
Surprise, Missouri! State opens adult-use marijuana sales three days early
News

Surprise, Missouri! State opens adult-use marijuana sales three days early

February 3, 2023
Yale Announces New Cannabis Research Center
News

Yale Announces New Cannabis Research Center

February 3, 2023
Load More
Next Post
Canopy, Acreage Delay Deadline For Landmark Merger

Canopy, Acreage Delay Deadline For Landmark Merger

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Updates

28 grams of game: Shiest Bubz is legend

28 grams of game: Shiest Bubz is legend

February 3, 2023
Australia to allow magic mushrooms and MDMA for limited medical use

Australia to allow magic mushrooms and MDMA for limited medical use

February 3, 2023
Surprise, Missouri! State opens adult-use marijuana sales three days early

Surprise, Missouri! State opens adult-use marijuana sales three days early

February 3, 2023
Yale Announces New Cannabis Research Center

Yale Announces New Cannabis Research Center

February 3, 2023
UC Davis Launches Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics

UC Davis Launches Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics

February 3, 2023
CBDBuzzz.com

This is an online news portal that aims to share latest news about "News, Culture, Science, Health, Shop" and much more stuff like that. Feel free to get in touch with us!

Recent News

28 grams of game: Shiest Bubz is legend

28 grams of game: Shiest Bubz is legend

February 3, 2023
Australia to allow magic mushrooms and MDMA for limited medical use

Australia to allow magic mushrooms and MDMA for limited medical use

February 3, 2023

Subscribe Now

Loading
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2020 matans3.sg-host.com - All rights reserved!

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Culture
  • Science
  • Health
  • Videos
  • Shop

© 2020 matans3.sg-host.com - All rights reserved!