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$500
$500 -- statutory penalty per violation for Washington Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA) (2025)
Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act provides for statutory penalties of $500 per violation.
- Applies to commercial emails sent to Washington residents with false or misleading subject lines
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$500
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2025
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95
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30
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45
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95
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Washington Supreme Court
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Tier A
https://www.beneschlaw.com/insight/time-to-re-act-the-washington-supreme-courts-recent-email-subject… ↗
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Time To RE-act: The Washington Supreme Court’s Recent Email Subject Line Ruling Poised To Put Retailers On The Hook For Trillions (September 2025 Update) | Benesch Law
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Time to RE-act: The Washington Supreme Court’s Recent Email Subject Line Ruling Poised to Put Retailers on the Hook for Trillions (September 2025 Update)
September 24, 2025
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- The Washington Supreme Court adopted a broad interpretation of false or …
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Statutory penalty under RCW § 19.190.020(1)(b) as interpreted by Washington Supreme Court in Brown v. Old Navy, LLC
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