On August 8, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a published opinion holding that conventional text messages do not amount to “artificial or prerecorded voice” calls under the Telephone...more
Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued a long-awaited decision on an omnibus challenge to the FCC’s interpretation of the TCPA. While the decision provides some relief for businesses, it does not...more
3/26/2018
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Arbitrary and Capricious ,
ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
Exemptions ,
FCC ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Reassigned Phone Numbers ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Smartphones ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages
A recent decision from a federal court in California found that a retail pharmacy’s “flu shot reminder” calls to mobile phones fall within the FCC’s TCPA safe harbor for exigent health care treatment messages. But the holding...more