FTC and Regulatory Defense

Following regulations is a full time job for telemarketing companies, and violations could be costly. At Cove Law, we have over 30 years experience in helping telemarketing companies with the following:

  • Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practice Actions

  • Civil Regulatory Agency Investigations

  • State Attorney General Enforcement Actions

  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Actions

  • Consumer Finance Protection Board (CFPB) Actions

  • Other State and Federal Agency Enforcement Actions

Experience in Dealing with State Actions

State Actions Against Telemarketers

Biggest Challenges in FTC Cases

Experience Handling FTC Cases

The Powers of the FTC

White Collar Cases

Representative Cases

  • The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a civil suit against clients from Delaware, Nevada and Toronto. The matter was litigated in Federal Court in Cleveland.

  • Florida’ Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services brought an action against a Florida-based marketer of satellite television services for alleged violations of Florida’s “Do-Not- Call” law.

  • The Iowa Attorney General sued a Phoenix-based payment processor for “facilitating” or providing “substantial assistance” to its customer-merchants, who employed telemarketing to make sales.

  • The FTC’s Chicago office initiated an action against defendants from Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. Two of the individual defendants were also charged with related criminal violations by Canadian law enforcement authorities.

  • The U.S. Postal Service brought a formal administrative action in Virginia against two New York-based entities and their individual officer.

  • The firm represented an individual and her entity, who were the subjects of an investigation by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in Washington, DC.

  • The firm was retained to defend an individual who was allegedly involved in unlawful marketing of foreclosure defense services for a law firm. The Consumer Finance Protection Board (CFPB) filed action in Federal Court in Fort Lauderdale.

  • Andrew Cove successfully resolved an enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission against a Central Florida call center and two individuals. The defendants faced allegations that they marketed cruise vacation packages through illegal robocalls. Under the negotiated settlement agreement, the defendants agreed to an injunction and a suspended money judgment. Read more here.

  • In 2020, Mr. Cove finalized a $300 million multilevel marketing case settlement.

  • We defended an individual against a U.S. Department of Justice civil action alleging fraud concerning the provision of online marketing services and payment processing.

  • In 2025, Firm attorneys successfully resolved a federal action by the FTC against entities and an individual based in Ohio and Florida who allegedly misrepresented a business opportunity.

  • Represented an online education platform in federal litigation against allegations of unsolicited marketing calls, resulting in a negotiated settlement with minimal disruption to business operations.

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