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Telephone Consumer Protection Act Consumer Privacy Rights The United States Federal Communications Commission

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.  
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FCC Sets October Comment Deadlines on NPRM for AI-Generated Calls and Texts

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced comment deadlines for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry (NPRM and NOI) released in early August that, among other things, proposes...more

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Put Down Your Phone and Watch Those Texts: New Regulations Impacting Your Outreach to Customers, Clients and Contacts

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The speed, sophistication, and ease of a company’s communications or outreach with and to their customers or clients only continues to get better and better. Just ask your marketing and sales teams about the new technology or...more

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New Bill to Modernize the TCPA Would Significantly Expand Potential Liability

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On January 29, 2024, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. introduced the Do Not Disturb Act, a bill that would amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and “fix” the Supreme Court’s ruling in Duguid that limited the...more

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FCC Confirms A.I.-Generated Robocall Voices Are “Artificial” under the TCPA

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Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Declaratory Ruling stating that existing federal regulations related to using “an artificial or prerecorded voice” to deliver a telephone message, also...more

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FCC Declares AI-Generated Robocalls Unlawful

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated robocalls may trick some consumers into thinking they are being called by a human being, but the Federal Communications Commission clarified in a recent AI Declaratory Ruling that it...more

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FCC Rules AI-Generated Voices Are “Artificial” Under the TCPA

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently declared that AI-generated voices do fall within the meaning of “artificial” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in a ruling issued on February 8, 2024. The...more

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FCC Rules AI-Generated Voices Fall Under TCPA Restrictions

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Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a unanimous ruling that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) restrictions on the use of “artificial or prerecorded voices” apply to AI technology that...more

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New FCC rule on TCPA consent for advertising and telemarketing calls and texts will significantly impact callers who obtain...

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By a vote of 4-1, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) adopted a new rule amending its regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to close what it refers to as the “lead generator loophole.”  ...more

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FCC and FTC Announce new AI Calling and Voice Initiatives

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On November 16th, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced new independent initiatives regarding the use and implications of AI technologies on consumers in the context of...more

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FCC Rules Ringless Voicemails Fall Under TCPA and Require Consumer Consent

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On November 21, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Declaratory Ruling and Order (“Order”) holding that ringless voicemails to wireless phones require consumer consent. The FCC further held that...more

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2022 TCPA Recent Recap — Litigation Updates & Regulatory Round Up

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September 2022 Action Clarifies Only Random Calls Trigger TCPA Violations — Not Mere Use of An Autodialer - Mehl v. Green, et al. 2022 WL 4056269 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 2, 2022) - A law firm was recently sued after one of its...more

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An Overview of The Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

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With its inception by Congress in 1991, the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is an attempt by Congress to exert greater protection over consumers from receiving unsolicited telemarketing. The TCPA was signed...more

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Lack of Patient-Provider Relationship Dooms Health Care Exemption

Ruling on the health care exemption in the context of phone calls from an eye care provider, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois recently held that a plaintiff’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...more

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Robocalls Subject of More FCC Cease and Desist Letters

Continuing its recent trend of cracking down on robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued another three cease and desist letters to voice service providers. AireSpring, Hello Hello Miami and thinQ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Eye On Privacy: 2021 Year in Review

Just as we thought 2022 was going to be significantly different than 2021, December 2021 and January 2022 events have thrown us for another (pandemic) loop. We anticipate that some of the privacy and cybersecurity...more

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S.D. Cal. Court Dismisses Claims, Finding Text Messages at Issue Were Not “Telephone Solicitations”

The Southern District of California recently granted (in part) a motion to dismiss in Gross v. GG Homes, Inc., 2021 WL 2863623 (S.D. Cal. 2021), because the text messages at issue were not “telephone solicitations” within the...more

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Will The Passing Of Justice Ginsburg Impact The Future Of The TCPA?

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The passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will likely bring with it many shifts in the Court on key issues, among which are matters regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), most imminently –...more

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Client Alert: Circuit Split on Definition of “Autodialer” Under the TCPA Leaves Companies at Risk

In recent years, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) has been a major source of potential liability for companies that send marketing text messages.  ...more

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Eleventh Circuit Endorses Narrow Definition of TCPA Autodialer Creating Circuit Split

On January 27, 2020, a federal court of appeals issued a significant decision interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (commonly referred to as the “TCPA”) in a way that limits the expansive potential liability...more

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Glasser v. Hilton: Citing Principles of Statutory Interpretation, the Eleventh Circuit Drastically Reduces the Scope of TCPA

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA” or the “Act”) has limited telephone calls that can be placed using certain automated equipment since 1991.  However, since passage of the Act there has been considerable debate...more

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California Enacts Another CCPA – Robocall Legislation

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On October 2, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019 to address the rise in deceptive robocalls and protect California consumers from fraudulent calls....more

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TCPA Legislative Update: TRACED and HANGUP Acts Target Robocalls

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In early March, Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Mike Lee (R-UT), along with Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), reintroduced the Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone Calls (HANGUP) Act. The legislation would rescind an Obama-era measure,...more

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DC Circuit shuts down effort to limit TCPA liability for communicating health information

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, on March 16, 2018, struck a blow to healthcare industry efforts to exclude certain communications subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) from...more

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