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15 U.S.C. § 6106

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For purposes of this chapter:(1) The term “attorney general” means the chief legal officer of a State.(2) The term “Commission” means the Federal Trade Commission.(3) The term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.(4) The term “telemarketing” means a plan, program, or campaign which is conducted to induce purchases of goods or services, or a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value, by use of one or more telephones and which involves more than one interstate telephone call. The term does not include the solicitation of sales through the mailing of a catalog which—(A) contains a written description, or illustration of the goods or services offered for sale,(B) includes the business address of the seller,(C) includes multiple pages of written material or illustrations, and(D) has been issued not less frequently than once a year,where the person making the solicitation does not solicit customers by telephone but only receives calls initiated by customers in response to the catalog and during those calls takes orders only without further solicitation.(Pub. L. 103–297, § 7, Aug. 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 1550; Pub. L. 107–56, title X, § 1011(b)(3), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 396.)Editorial NotesAmendments

2001—Par. (4). Pub. L. 107–56 inserted “, or a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value,” after “services” in introductory provisions.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 2004–2025 · leading case: Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind v. Fed. Trade Comm'n, 303 F. Supp. 2d 707 (D. Maryland 2004).
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Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind v. Fed. Trade Comm'n, 303 F. Supp. 2d 707 (D. Maryland 2004). · cites it 5× “” 15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4) (1994). Congress also instructed the FTC to include several specific rules with respect to “abusive” practices, namely: (1) a requirement that telemarketers not undertake a pattern of unsolicited calls that the' reasonable consumer would consider coercive…”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Andris Pukke, 53 F.4th 80 (4th Cir. 2022). “§ 45 (a)(1), the TSR more narrowly applies to “purchases of goods or services,” 15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4). Both the TSR and the FTC Act bear the same standards for individual liability.”
Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind Special Olympics Maryland, Inc. v. Fed. Trade Comm'n, 420 F.3d 331 (4th Cir. 2005). “” 15 U.S.C.A. § 6106 (4) (West Supp.2004). This is a general reference to charitable solicitations.”
Kornea v. J.S.D Mgmt., Inc., 366 F. Supp. 3d 660 (E.D. Pa. 2019). “15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4) ; 16 C.F.R. § 310.2 (gg).”
Broadcast Team, Inc. v. Fed. Trade Comm'n, 429 F. Supp. 2d 1292 (M.D. Fla. 2006). · cites it 2× “15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4); see also, NFB II, 420 F.”
United States v. Corporations for Character, L.C., 116 F. Supp. 3d 1258 (D. Utah 2015). · cites it 2× “15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4). . 16 C.F.R. § 310.6 (a).”
Consum. Fin. Prot. Bureau v. Nationwide Biweekly Admin., Inc. (9th Cir. 2025). · cites it 3× “” 15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4). Regulations define a “seller” as any “person who, in connection with a telemarketing transaction, provides, offers to provide, or arranges 6 24-5940 for others to provide goods or services to the customer in exchange for consideration.”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. The Est. of John Pukke (4th Cir. 2022). “§ 45 (a)(1), the TSR more narrowly applies to “purchases of goods or services,” 15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4). Both the TSR and the FTC Act bear the same standards for individual liability.”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Peter Baker (4th Cir. 2022). “§ 45 (a)(1), the TSR more narrowly applies to “purchases of goods or services,” 15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4). Both the TSR and the FTC Act bear the same standards for individual liability.”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. John Usher (4th Cir. 2022). “§ 45 (a)(1), the TSR more narrowly applies to “purchases of goods or services,” 15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4). Both the TSR and the FTC Act bear the same standards for individual liability.”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Global Prop. All., Inc. (4th Cir. 2022). “§ 45 (a)(1), the TSR more narrowly applies to “purchases of goods or services,” 15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4). Both the TSR and the FTC Act bear the same standards for individual liability.”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Andris Pukke (4th Cir. 2022). “§ 45 (a)(1), the TSR more narrowly applies to “purchases of goods or services,” 15 U.S.C. § 6106 (4). Both the TSR and the FTC Act bear the same standards for individual liability.”
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