On February 16, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission released a Report and Order establishing significant new standards regulating Telephone Consumer Protection Act consent and revocation of consent. In recent weeks,...more
4/4/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Compliance ,
Consent ,
Do Not Call List ,
FCC ,
OMB ,
Opt-Outs ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
Rulemaking Process ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Wireless Industry
I hope that many of you were able to power down during the holidays before ramping up again to start 2023. The FCC, however, maintained a busy pace of announcements, releasing news on several issues regarding the Telephone...more
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act creates a seemingly endless list of compliance challenges and other headaches for companies determined to mitigate the financial cost and resource burden of TCPA litigation. This year...more
On April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, adopting the narrow "autodialer" standard under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that Facebook favored. The unanimous opinion...more
On April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, adopting a narrow "autodialer" standard under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In siding with Facebook, the Supreme...more
4/16/2021
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Financial Institutions ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
Robocalling ,
SCOTUS ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages ,
Webinars
On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, a case that should establish a nationwide standard for the "autodialer" definition adopted by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more
Summer in Washington, D.C., is usually a quiet time. D.C.'s summer of 2020 has been anything but quiet, to put it mildly. While there are several existential pulls on our attention this season, we should still take a moment...more
8/5/2020
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Barr v American Association of Political Consultants Inc ,
Certiorari ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Data Storage ,
Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
FCC ,
Free Speech ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Private Right of Action ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Statutory Damages ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is notorious. It establishes rigorous consent standards to use an autodialer or a prerecorded message. It gives consumers a private right of action. It imposes ruinous statutory damages....more