Fla. AG Reaches 'Impasse' With Robocall Defendent Smartbiz, Says Mediator’s Report

The office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) and robocall defendant Smartbiz Telecom convened for a mediation video conference Friday but reached an 'impasse' in their efforts to resolve the dispute, said mediator Thomas Harper in a report Friday (docket 1:22-cv-23945) to U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Miami. Moody’s December 2022 complaint alleges that Smartbiz is “one of the most prolific transmitters of illegal robocalls” in the U.S., and that the VoIP company violated the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act and other statutes, plus the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (see 2212060034).