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FCC Adopts Declaratory Ruling Confirming AI Voice Calls are Subject to TCPA, Takes Enforcement Action Against Provider Allegedly...

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On February 2, the FCC unanimously adopted a declaratory ruling, effective immediately, confirming the seemingly unremarkable conclusion that artificial intelligence (“AI”) generated messages or voice calls fall within the...more

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Battling the Robocall Onslaught: The FCC’s Strategic Measures Against AI-Driven Scams

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Aiming to curb the use of AI, voice cloning technology in robocall scams, on February 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a unanimous declaratory ruling prohibiting unsolicited robocalls with voices...more

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Coalition of State Attorney Generals Take Position on AI in Telemarketing

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On November 17, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI), inviting public feedback on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on unsolicited and illicit phone calls and text...more

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New TCPA Rules For Prerecorded Calls To Landlines Take Effect July 20

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Major changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations applicable to unsolicited informational robocalls to landlines are coming into effect on July 20, 2023. As anyone with a landline telephone during...more

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FTSA Does Not Apply to Calls Selling Services to Businesses

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The Middle District of Florida partially rejected a plaintiff’s motion for entry of final default judgment in Brown v. Care Front Funding, No. 8:22-cv-02408-VMC-JSS, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60879 (M.D. Fla. Apr. 6, 2023),...more

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

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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

Carlton Fields

No Speaking? No Standing!

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On November 15, the Eleventh Circuit decided Cordoba v. DirecTV, LLC, further exploring the issue of when class actions achieve Article III standing. The plaintiffs alleged that DirecTV and the company with which it...more

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Court Rejects Attempt to Treble $925 Million Statutory Damages Award

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The District of Oregon recently denied a motion for treble damages following a jury verdict finding that defendant made over 1.8 million advertising calls to the named plaintiff and other members of a certified class....more

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Doesn’t Matter if You Didn’t Put a Ring On It: Ringless Voicemails Are “Calls” Under the TCPA

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The Southern District of Florida recently ruled that ringless voicemails (RVM) are “calls” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In Schaevitz v. Braman Hyundai, No. 1:17-cv-23890 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 25, 2019) the...more

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FCC Proposes Rules to Fight Fraudulent Robocalling

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Unsolicited robocalls are the top consumer complaint made to the Federal Communications Commission, which receives over 200,000 complaints a year. An estimated 2.5 billion robocalls are being made to consumers each month,...more

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Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - February 2017

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Ninth Circuit Tackles Several TCPA Issues in Gym Texting Case - Why it matters: Retailers communicate with their customers frequently as an essential part of their business. While these communications are typically...more

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Modernize TCPA, ACA International Urges in White Paper

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In a new white paper, ACA International, a trade association for members of the credit and collection industry, argues that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) must be modernized to accurately reflect the current...more

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TCPA Connect - February 2016

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FCC Confirms Different TCPA Liability Analysis for Text, Fax Broadcasters - Denying a petition filed by Club Texting, Inc., the Federal Communications Commission said it will keep its current liability analysis under the...more

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11th, 6th Circuits Rule on TCPA Consent for Autodialed Calls to Cell Phones

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The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 11th and Sixth Circuits recently issued two rulings regarding when a consumer has given “prior express consent” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to receive text messages or...more

Baker Donelson

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act – FCC Approves New Rules

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John met Susan in a bar. Enamored, he later asked her friend Mary for Susan's telephone number. The next day John called Susan on his iPhone to ask her out on a date. Sadly, John did not get the girl. Instead, he got sued by...more

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FCC’s TCPA Order Offers Little Clarity or Relief for Businesses

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In potentially its most significant action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) since the 2003 overhaul of its rules ushering in the National Do-Not-Call Registry and other updates, the Federal Communications...more

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FCC Releases Order Clarifying TCPA

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Last Friday, July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released Declaratory Ruling and Order 15-72 (“Order 15-72”) to address more than 20 requests for clarity on FCC interpretations of the Telephone Consumer...more

Carlton Fields

The TCPA: Deep Dive: Details, Class Actions, Regulations, and Defense Strategies

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In Part One of our complimentary, two-part webinar on the TCPA, we covered the basics. Join us for the second hour-long segment, as we get into the weeds of the TCPA. Part Two will cover: Exemptions/Details · What is an...more

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For Whom the Ring Tones: TCPA Litigation and the Insurance Industry

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Insurance companies are increasingly the subject of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuits. Any insurance company that communicates with its customers, job applicants, and others by phone or text using an automated...more

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Illinois District Court Rejects Attempt To Dismiss TCPA Claims Asserting Calls Were Guise Of Political Survey

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Plaintiffs filed suit alleging Defendants made or caused unsolicited calls to their cell phones in violation of the TCPA while acting under the guise of conducting a political survey to get their foot in the door to sell...more

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