[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR310.7]

[Page 378-379]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 310--TELEMARKETING SALES RULE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 310.7  Actions by States and private persons.

    (a) Any attorney general or other officer of a State authorized by 
the State to bring an action under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud 
and Abuse Prevention Act, and any private person who brings an action 
under that Act, shall serve written notice of its action on the 
Commission, if feasible, prior to its initiating an action under this 
Rule. The notice shall be sent to the Office of the Director, Bureau of 
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580, and 
shall include a copy of the State's or private person's complaint and 
any other pleadings to be filed with the court. If prior notice is not 
feasible, the State or private person shall serve the Commission with 
the required notice immediately upon instituting its action.
    (b) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit any attorney 
general or

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other authorized State official from proceeding in State court on the 
basis of an alleged violation of any civil or criminal statute of such 
State.