Madigan v. Telemarketing Associates, No. 01-1806 (U.S. Supreme Court) (538 U.S. 600; 123 S.Ct. 1929) (May 5, 2003) (Justice Ginsburg)
Here a unanimous Court held that the mere fact that a telemarketer keeps 85% of contributions it solicits cannot be the basis of a fraud conviction, and neither can the fact that a telemarketer fails to volunteer this information to would-be donors. This fund-raising safe harbor stems from a trio ...
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