Proposed Amendment to Rule 2212 (Telemarketing) Regarding the Frequency of Updates from the National Do-Not-Call Registry

NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rule 2212 to require a member that seeks to qualify for the safe harbor set forth in Rule 2212 to, among other things, use a process to prevent telephone solicitations to any telephone number in a version of the national do-not-call registry obtained from the administrator of the registry no more than thirty-one (31) days prior to the date any call is made.  This proposed amendment is consistent with recent amendments to the comparable do-not-call rules of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”).