Welcome to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
States will continue to enact or update their mini-TCPA and...more
On November 22, 2023, the FCC released a Second Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Waiver Order (Report and Order) outlining new, proposed rules implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47...more
Nearly two years ago, the Florida legislature amended Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), Fla. Stat. § 501.059, resulting in voluminous consumer class action and other litigation after there had previously been next...more
6/23/2023
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Marketing ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Unsolicited Phone Calls
In April 2021, the US Supreme Court issued its decision in Facebook v. Duguid narrowly construing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) “automatic telephone dialing system” definition. In so doing, the Supreme Court...more
On November 2, 2022, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that a group of companies offering lead generation services violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), 16 C.F.R....more
Restrictions on telemarketing to Florida residents are about to get tighter. Just a few months ago, in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that for the purposes of the Telephone...more
7/28/2021
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Do Not Call List ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Written Consent
On March 16, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in ACA International v. FCC, invalidating several key pieces of the FCC’s 2015 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...more
3/20/2018
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Declaratory Rulings ,
Exemptions ,
FCC ,
Mobile Devices ,
Opt-Outs ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Reassigned Phone Numbers ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
Smartphones ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Wireless Devices
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued a citation to First National Bank Corporation (FNB) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, for engaging in telemarketing practices with...more
9/21/2015
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Apple Pay ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Citations ,
Consumer Lenders ,
FCC ,
First National ,
Prior Express Consent ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
User Agreements