News & Analysis as of September 20, 2024

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.

Strategies for Success in Telemarketing’s Shifting Landscape

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/9/2024

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

TCPA Connect - July 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/20/2016

FCC: U.S. Government Is Not a Person Under TCPA - In response to petitions filed by three government contractors seeking clarification that the federal government and its agents were exempt from liability under the...more

District Court Certifies TCPA Class Over Objections to Adequacy of Named Plaintiff and Individualized Issues of Consent

Carlton Fields on 10/3/2014

A New York federal district court, after holding an evidentiary hearing, certified a class for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Plaintiff alleged that the defendant, a collection agency,...more

FCC Seeks Comment on Petitions to Mitigate Impact of New Robocall Rules

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/5/2013

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued two public notices requesting comment on petitions that seek to mitigate some of the impact from recent changes to the new Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules...more

40 Days and 40 Nights on Mount TCPA: Make Sure You Come Down with Proper Consent for Autodialed, Prerecorded and Text...

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/9/2013

Companies that place prerecorded telemarketing calls, or that telemarket to cell phones via text-message or automatic telephone dialing systems, should be well on their way toward compliance with new FCC rules that take...more

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