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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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Medicare Marketing One-to-One Consent Rules Effective October 1, 2024!

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On April 23, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule implementing one-to-one consent rules for Third Party Marketing Organizations (“TPMOs”) that engage in Medicare-related advertising....more

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One Reason Why You May Want to Revisit Your Outreach To Customers, Clients and Contacts

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The speed and ease at which companies can communicate with their customers or clients continues to improve. Cool, new tech platforms are being pushed out at a rapid pace and business development, sales and marketing teams see...more

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Chevron Deference Overruled! FCC To Curb TCPA Rulemaking?

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As our readers are by now aware, on June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a legal precedent known as “Chevron deference” by a 6-3 vote. The Court’s opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v....more

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FCC Adopts Revocation Rules

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On February 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt rules expressly addressing revocation of consent. The FCC’s stated goals were to “strengthen consumers’ ability to revoke consent” and “codify...more

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FCC Continues to Roll Out TCPA Changes and Interpretations

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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

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FCC Announces Final Rule Reflecting Changes to TCPA Revocation of Consent

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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

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FCC order codifies rules for revocation under the TCPA

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On February 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a Report and Order (Order) that attempts to clarify the rules for revoking consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Most notably,...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Confirms TCPA Bars AI-Generated Voices, Adopts New Consent...

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Commission Declares TCPA Prohibits AI-Generated Voices - Following up on January’s update, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Declaratory Ruling that confirms that the prohibitions in the Telephone...more

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New TCPA Rules: Revoking Consent to Robocalls and Robotexts

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On February 15, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved amendments to the rules and regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The adopted Report and Order and Further Notice of...more

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FCC Adopts New Robocall and Robotext Consent Rules Under TCPA

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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

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FCC Updates TCPA Rules for Revocation of Consent

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The FCC adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking codifying existing revocation of consent requirements and establishing new opt-out rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The...more

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FCC Adopts New TCPA Rules Expanding Consumer Consent Revocation Mandates

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The FCC has adopted a Report and Order imposing a number of new TCPA caller and sender compliance obligations in connection with consumer revocation requests, which are applicable to calls and text messages that otherwise...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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Citing Upcoming Elections, FCC Extends TCPA to Cover AI-Generated Content

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Is a phone call that uses artificial intelligence to imitate a real person “an artificial or prerecorded voice,” subject to the restrictions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act? The Federal Communications Commission...more

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“FCC Makes AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Illegal” (Sometimes)

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On February 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a News Release titled “FCC Makes AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Illegal.” Despite this attention-grabbing headline, the FCC’s unanimous Declaratory...more

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FCC Declares AI-Generated Calls Subject to TCPA

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On Feb. 8, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a unanimous declaratory ruling confirming the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) restrictions on the use of “artificial or prerecorded voice” include...more

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

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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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TCPA Unsolicited Robocall Ban Now Includes AI-generated Voices

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On Thursday, February 8, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finalized its plan to ban robocalls that feature voices generated by artificial intelligence, aiming to stem the tide of AI-generated scams and...more

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Strategies for Success in Telemarketing’s Shifting Landscape

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The start of the year is a good time to assess and refine your telemarketing business practices (including automated text marketing) for success in 2024. This is particularly critical in light of recent government actions...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

Hinch Newman LLP

FCC Publishes Final Single-Seller Lead Generation Consent Rule in Federal Register, and More

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The Federal Communications Commission has published its new rule designed, in part, to close the lead generator loophole by amending the definition of “prior express written consent” for purposes of the Telephone Consumer...more

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FCC Issues New Consent Requirements for Certain Marketing Communications

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In an important regulatory update that may significantly impact your organization’s marketing strategies, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted amendments to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) with a...more

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FCC Adopts New Telemarketing Consent Rule Based on Bipartisan AG Coalition’s Input

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The FCC, utilizing input from a bipartisan coalition of 29 AGs, has adopted a new one-to-one consent rule that prevents lead generators from obtaining consumer consent for multiple business sellers at the same time....more

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FCC Notice Of Inquiry Highlights AI Robocall Concerns

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In an iconic scene from "Terminator 2," Arnold Schwarzenegger's good Terminator perfectly impersonates Edward Furlong's voice in a test to see if the teenager's house was under siege by Robert Patrick's evil Terminator....more

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