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On July 26, 2024, Pull-A-Part, LLC, a junkyard and auto salvage company, was sued in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for allegedly failing to honor Do Not Call (“DNC”) opt-out requests in...more
An Arizona federal court determined that opt-in texts could violate the TCPA in a new decision. Although Monica Abboud registered her phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry, she alleged that she received...more
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
On March 5, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it has adopted new rules and codified previously adopted protections that make it simpler for consumers to revoke consent to unwanted robocalls and...more
On February 15, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or “the Commission”) adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“the Order”) pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that...more
On February 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted the Draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Report and Order”) that it released last month under the Telephone Consumer...more
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
A text sent one business day after a plaintiff requested a halt to text messages was not enough to move a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) suit forward, a Florida federal court determined....more
As previously reported here, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a proposed rule in December 2020 that would place new call-frequency limitations and opt-out requirements on certain prerecorded...more
On January 20, 2023, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) announced the long-awaited effective date of new requirements for certain calls that are otherwise exempt from the Telephone Consumer Protection...more
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and the barrage of litigation that stems from its various interpretations, is always in the news. In fact, there is so much change that it’s often hard for a casual follower to...more
Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology sector clients — and any company that places non-marketing calls or text communications to customers by automated means — should pay close attention to two new FCC orders from...more
Over the years, the FCC has established a number of exemptions to the TCPA’s prohibition on unconsented autodialed and pre-recorded or artificial voice calls. Last year, Congress directed the FCC under the TRACED Act to...more
On December 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order updating a number of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) exemptions. The Report and Order codifies exemptions...more
On July 25, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Declaratory Ruling and Order in response to a 2015 petition by Anthem, Inc, a provider of health insurance (Anthem). Anthem requested that...more
Over the last three years alone, energy, utility and solar companies have been targeted in numerous putative class actions alleging violations of the TCPA that resulted in several multimillion-dollar settlements totaling more...more
The Central District of California recently granted summary judgment to the defendant on a TCPA claim in Mendoza v. Allied Interstate LLC, SACV 17-885 JVS (KESx), 2019 WL 5616961 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 22, 2019), finding that the...more
The Federal Communications Commission requests comment on whether companies can send follow-up messages to clarify the scope of a consumer’s opt-out without violating the TCPA. ...more
Recent News - Petition Seeks Clarification of Text-Message Opt-out Confirmation Messages - On November 1, 2019, Capital One Services, LLC (“Capital One”), a financial services company, filed a petition for declaratory...more
Recent News - FCC Adopts Declaratory Ruling on Call Blocking and FNPRM on SHAKEN/STIR - On June 6, 2019, the FCC adopted a declaratory ruling that allows carriers to block on an opt-out basis calls that spoof...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
Commission Also Proposes to Mandate “SHAKEN/STIR” Caller ID Authentication If Major Voice Service Providers Fail to Voluntarily Adopt By Year-End - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken its most...more
Voice service providers soon may dictate which calls will reach you. The FCC honed in on “unwanted calls” when it voted at its Open Meeting yesterday to adopt a Declaratory Ruling and Third Further Proposed Rulemaking (the...more
In its ongoing efforts to tackle the proliferation of illegal or unwanted “robocalls,” the FCC has released a draft order that would authorize all providers of voice services to offer to their customers call blocking as a...more