Broadcast Team, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission

ORDER

CONWAY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Broadcast Team, Inc. (“TBT”) seeks judicial review of the “abandoned calls” component of the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”). 1 The FTC interprets the abandoned calls provision as preventing for-profit “telefun-ders,” such as TBT, from utilizing prerecorded calls to solicit funds on behalf of non-profit charities. Previously, the Court denied TBT’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Now, the FTC seeks dismissal of TBT’s Complaint, on the ground that it fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. After…