A Long-Overdue Bill Targets the Political Robocalls Everyone Hates but No One Regulates
September 16, 2026
Every election season, the same thing happens. Phones ring at dinnertime. A recorded voice launches into a pitch for a candidate, a ballot measure, or a donation. The number is unfamiliar, but the person on the receiving end has no legal recourse. On September 8, 2026, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R. 10310, the Robo Calls Off Phones Act, or the “Robo COP Act,” which would finally close that gap. The Ecommerce Innovation Alliance applauds the Congresswoman for taking on a problem that Washington has managed to ignore for more than twenty years.…
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SB 690 Passes the Legislature: Small Businesses One Step Closer to Relief from Abusive CIPA Lawsuits
August 29, 2026
August 28, both houses of the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 690, sending the first meaningful CIPA reform in decades to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. The Assembly took up the bill on the floor and the Senate concurred in the Assembly's amendments the same day, clearing the final legislative hurdles with just days left before the Legislature adjourns on August 31.…
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Senate Advances Counterfeit Notification Act as Fake Goods Continue to Threaten Ecommerce Brands
August 27, 2026
Just months after the House advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening the fight against counterfeit imports, the U.S. Senate has followed suit—adding momentum to an effort that could give ecommerce businesses and other intellectual property rights holders better tools to identify and stop fake goods before they reach consumers.…
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California Steps Up Data Broker Enforcement Under the CCPA and Delete Act
August 25, 2026
California privacy regulators are sending an increasingly clear message to businesses across the digital advertising and ecommerce ecosystem: data broker compliance is becoming an active enforcement priority. In August, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) announced two data broker enforcement actions in less than a week. One marked the Agency’s first action against a data broker under both the California Consumer Privacy Act and the Delete Act.…
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Fourteen Cases, One Ruling: Oregon Federal Court Slams the Class-Certification Door in Wilson v. Freeway Insurance
August 24, 2026
For nearly two years, EIA members have watched a familiar name appear atop TCPA class action complaints: Chet Michael Wilson. Last week, the fight over whether Mr. Wilson may ever serve as a class representative reached a dramatic inflection point. On August 19th, Judge Michael J. McShane granted Freeway Insurance's motion to deny class certification, denied Mr. Wilson's attempt to voluntarily dismiss his own case, and entered evidence-preservation orders reaching both the plaintiff and a non-party law firm — with a written opinion to follow. …
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FCC Set to Adopt TCPA Revocation Reforms Championed by EIA at Its September 30 Open Meeting
Ecommerce Innovation Alliance
September 11, 2026
The FCC has announced that it will vote at its September 30, 2026 open meeting to adopt a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would modernize the TCPA’s consent revocation rules — and the draft order, circulated publicly on September 9, cites the Ecommerce Innovation Alliance’s comments in support of two of its most consequential reforms. For EIA members, this is a significant win. …
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