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GA SB73
Bill
Status
Passed
5/6/2024
Primary Sponsor
Blake Tillery
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AI Summary
- Requires the State Bar of Georgia to promulgate rules for legal services advertising, including mandatory disclosure of principal place of business, prohibitions on depicting non-employees or non-clients as such, and a requirement that disclosures comprise no less than 10% of the total solicitation composition
- Establishes a $10,000 civil penalty per violation for legal services solicitations that violate the new advertising rules, with a cause of action available to the State Bar, any Bar member in good standing, or any individual who sees or hears a violating solicitation
- Expands telephone solicitation remedies by allowing subscribers to sue not only the entity that made the illegal call but also the person or entity on whose behalf the call was made, and authorizes class action lawsuits under Code Section 9-11-23 with no cap on damages
- Reduces the individual per-violation damages cap for telephone solicitation violations from $2,000 to $1,000 but removes the "knowing" violation requirement, making it easier for plaintiffs to prevail in actions brought by the Attorney General or private individuals
- Eliminates the defense that a defendant had established reasonable practices to prevent violations, replacing it with a narrower defense requiring the defendant to have established, mandated, and enforced compliance policies specifically directed at the entity that made the solicitation
Legislative Description
Telephone Services; class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; provide
Last Action
Act 605
5/6/2024
Committee Referrals
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications2/16/2023
Regulated Industries and Utilities2/2/2023
Full Bill Text
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