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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has made several amendments to the prior Negative Option Rule (Rule) that alter how subscription- and membership-based businesses will need to operate. This Holland & Knight alert summarizes...more
The FCC set April 11, 2025 as the effective date for new rules designed to make it easier for consumers to revoke consent for calls and texts subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and requiring callers honor these...more
As we reach the peak of this year’s Spooky Season, we thought it would be helpful to revisit some of the scariest recent developments in the realm of TCPA litigation and compliance. The conventional wisdom is that some of...more
On October 18, the FCC issued a public notice to all US-based voice service providers regarding a cease and desist letter that it had sent to a “gateway” telecommunications provider instructing it to halt transmission of...more
In a September 2024 opinion, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York (SDNY) addressed the conditions for transfer of consent under the FCC’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Do Not Call (DNC)...more
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a new report and order (“Order”) concerning revocation of consumer consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The new rules revise how...more
The Federal Communications Commission has announced that its new Telephone Consumer Protection Act rules related to “reasonable” revocation of consent will become effective on April 11, 2025....more
Reminders about the need for an eye exam do not always fall within the health care provider exemption of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations, a federal court in Florida recently held....more
On January 27, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) “1:1” consent rule for telemarketing texts and auto-dialed, i.e., robocalls and robotexts will go into effect (the “Final Rule”). The...more
On September 24, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2863 into law. The bill amends California’s existing regulations on automatic renewal offers and continuous service offers made to California consumers....more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a case arising under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). It...more
This BLOG has frequently addressed issues related to a party’s standing, in many different contexts, to commence litigation. In prior BLOG articles we have explained that in order to prosecute a lawsuit, the plaintiff must...more
A Texas federal court recently granted summary judgment for the defendant in a TCPA putative class action, finding that prerecorded calls to schedule a pest inspection were informational rather than telemarketing. Bradford v....more
On September 9, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted summary judgment in favor of a debt collector in a case involving alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the...more
One of the most difficult questions to answer in the context of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act is whether a call or text message qualifies as telemarketing and requires heightened consent. In the last month, the US...more
On August 7, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry related to the use of artificial intelligence in outbound calls and texts. Among the proposed rules...more
The landmark $1.4 billion settlement reached by the state of Texas and a social media company to settle allegations that the company’s platform unlawfully scanned the faces of millions of users in Texas serves as a warning to...more
A California federal court recently granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim brought by a plaintiff alleging that she received a trio of unwanted phone calls, finding that she...more
On June 6, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland held that the prerecorded telemarking calls placed by a health insurance provider and its affiliated marketing company required prior written consent from...more
A U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland recently denied summary judgment in a case under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), finding that the defendant failed to show it received prior express written...more
A recently announced settlement with online alcohol addiction treatment service Monument Inc. demonstrates the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) continued focus on the use and disclosure of health data. The proposed settlement...more
Connected cars have been on the FTC’s radar for years. Its most recent blog post specifically highlights the Commission’s concerns regarding over collecting-- and the risk of secondary uses-- of sensitive data, such as...more
What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Beginning in 2023, courts across the United States have grappled with a wave of lawsuits challenging the legality and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems and...more
Early this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers for sharing access to customers’ geolocation information without consent and without taking reasonable...more
On February 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a Report and Order (Order) that attempts to clarify the rules for revoking consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Most notably,...more