As we approach the 2024 halfway mark, businesses that rely on texting and calling to promote their products and services face an onslaught of new and significant legal and regulatory developments. To help with tracking these...more
As an update to our earlier blog post detailing the FTC’s amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the changes have since been published in the Federal Register, with an effective date of May 16, 2024....more
The governor of Maine recently signed an amendment to the state’s telephone solicitation law that will make it mandatory for telephone solicitors to check against the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) reassigned...more
The beginning of 2024 has brought with it a decided regulatory focus on telemarketing. In the past couple of months, we’ve written about several important FCC actions related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA),...more
As of January 1, 2024, the State of Maryland’s new telemarketing law, the “Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023,” officially became law....more
At its last open meeting of 2023, the FCC voted to adopt new rules “to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal text messages and calls.” Among the changes are a new “one-to-one” consent requirement for autodialed...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
2/11/2022
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
12/1/2021
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Cell Phones ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
11/9/2021
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Debt Collection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
10/1/2021
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Debt Collection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
The Florida legislature recently passed CS/SB 1120 updating and significantly expanding the state’s existing telemarketing laws, the Florida Telemarketing Act and the Florida Do Not Call Act. Many of the new provisions are...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
4/29/2021
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Cell Phones ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
11/17/2020
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Cell Phones ,
Debt Collection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
10/20/2020
/ American Bankers Association ,
ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Debt Collection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
9/29/2020
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Debt Collection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
8/21/2020
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Cell Phones ,
Debt Collection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
7/16/2020
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Cell Phones ,
Debt Collection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
5/20/2020
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Cell Phones ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
The Virginia Governor recently signed into law amendments to the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act that significantly increase the exposure of businesses that place marketing calls or text messages to Virginia...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
4/20/2020
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Cell Phones ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Collection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages