Trade Policy Upheaval: What E-commerce Businesses Need to Know Now!
January 23, 2025
The e-commerce landscape is constantly evolving, and recent shifts in global trade policies are adding a whole new layer of complexity. To help our members navigate these changes, the Ecommerce Innovation Alliance’s President & CEO, David Carter, partnered with founding member, Postscript, to host a webinar featuring Ned Steiner, Senior Director of International Trade at Sandler Travis & Rosenberg.…
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What New Trade Policies Mean for Ecomm Companies Today: A Live Q+A
January 17, 2025
President Trump has promised to increase tariffs on goods coming from China, Mexico, and Canada on “Day 1” of his new term. f your e-commerce business is potentially impacted by these policy changes and you’re struggling to figure out what to do, join us in a conversation with David Carter and Edward "Ned" Steiner for an insider’s understanding of how the Trump administration will implement its trade policies and how other countries are reacting to the shifting landscape.…
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New York Senate Bill 859: The Robocall Prevention Act
January 16, 2025
New York Senate Bill 859, known as the Robocall Prevention Act, was recently introduced and aims to amend existing state law related to the use of autodialers. The Robocall Prevention Act would significantly expand the scope of current law, apply it to text messages, and increase the statutory damages individuals can seek for violations.…
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11th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on FCC’s “1:1 Consent” Rule
December 18, 2024
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments today in a case brought by the Insurance Marketing Coalition (IMC) against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the FCC's new 1:1 consent rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which are currently set to become effective on January 27, 2024. The arguments focused on the FCC's rule requiring consumers to give consent to receive marketing robocalls on a one-to-one basis, for each individual company, and that this consent must be logically and topically related to the website where the consent was given.
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Following EIA Advocacy, MI Senate Committee Fails to Advance Mini-TCPA
December 17, 2024
As we reported last month, the unexpected introduction of a “mini-TCPA” in the Michigan Senate late in the legislative year raised significant concerns for EIA. Against this backdrop, EIA embarked on a campaign to ensure that the bill was not rushed through without adequate consideration for its impact on ecommerce businesses nationwide. EIA was pleased to see that the Michigan Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection decided to hold no hearings on SB 1037, declined to vote it out of committee, and never progressed the bill to the full Senate for consideration.
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EIA Engages with FCC on Key Issues Regarding AI
Ecommerce Innovation Alliance
December 17, 2024
EIA is committed to fostering a regulatory environment that encourages innovation and growth within the ecommerce sector. As part of this commitment, the EIA recently participated in two meetings with the FCC to discuss proposed rules that would require ecommerce companies to potentially gain new consent from existing subscribers to continue to use AI tools to send marketing SMS and or use AI-generated voices.
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