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Eleventh Circuit Re-Opens TCPA “Lead Generator Loophole” and Signals Further Erosion of Judicial Deference to Administrative Rules

In Insurance Marketing Coalition Ltd. v. FCC, ‎— F.4th —-, 2025 WL 289152 (11th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)‎, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit came to the rescue of the lead generation industry, striking down new...more

2/7/2025 / Administrative Proceedings , Consent , Consumer Protection Laws , Do Not Call List , FCC , Judicial Authority , Lead Generators , Privacy Laws , Robocalling , Statutory Interpretation , TCPA , Telecommunications , Telemarketing

New Year, New One-To-One TCPA Consent Requirements for Telemarketers

Last December the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules aimed at closing the “lead generator loophole” in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227. See Second Report and Order. The new...more

11/15/2024 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , FCC , Prior Express Consent , Robocalling , TCPA , Telecommunications , Telemarketing

FCC Cracks Down on AI-Generated ‎Telephone Calls Under TCPA

The FCC issued a quick and unanimous Declaratory Ruling confirming that telephone calls (a) featuring artificial intelligence-generated messages simulating or cloning a human voice or (b) generating call content using a...more

2/12/2024 / Artificial Intelligence , FCC , Robocalling , TCPA , Telecommunications

New FCC Rules for Lead Generation ‎Under the TCPA

At its December 13, 2023 meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules aimed at closing the “lead generator loophole” in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227. See Second...more

1/4/2024 / ATDS , FCC , Prior Express Consent , Robocalling , TCPA , Telecommunications , Telemarketing , Text Messages

Check Your Phone: States Continue to Enact Mini-TCPAs

Companies that use the latest technology to contact customers and prospects by telephone or text messages breathed a huge sigh of relief after the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid...more

5/19/2022 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Robocalling , TCPA , Telecommunications

Eleventh Circuit Reaches Back 135 Years to Reject Incentive Awards for Lead Plaintiffs in Class Actions

In Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC, No. 18-12344, 2020 WL 5553312 (11th Cir. Sept. 17, 2020), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upended what has become common practice in class action settlement by ruling that “incentive”...more

9/22/2020 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Class Action , Prior Express Consent , TCPA , Telecommunications

Third Circuit Limits ATDS Definition under the TCPA to Random Number Dialers

In the most significant case to interpret what constitutes an “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS or autodialer) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in the wake of the D.C. Circuit’s decision in ACA...more

6/29/2018 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Declaratory Rulings , FCC , Prior Express Consent , Reassigned Phone Numbers , TCPA , Telecommunications , Text Messages

Where Do Things Stand? Courts Reach Different Conclusions About How the D.C. Circuit’s ACA Int’l Ruling Impacts Prior FCC Rulings

While everyone agrees that the D.C. Circuit’s decision in ACA Int’l v. FCC rejecting the FCC’s broad definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system” was a game changer for TCPA litigation, courts are struggling to...more

6/1/2018 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Comment Period , Corporate Counsel , FCC , TCPA , Telecommunications

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