The first months of 2025 have brought a number of notable developments in TCPA litigation and compliance, kicking off with the eleventh-hour announcement by the FCC on January 24 that it would postpone the effective date of...more
5/1/2025
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
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Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
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TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing
On Friday, January 24, 2025, just one business day before it was to take effect on January 27, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) One-to-One Consent Rule that was adopted as an...more
1/30/2025
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Chevron Deference ,
Compliance ,
Consent ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
FCC ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) recently issued an advisory clarifying that existing Massachusetts law applies to artificial intelligence (AI) to the same extent as any other product in the stream of...more
6/27/2024
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Breach of Warranty ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement ,
False Advertising ,
Machine Learning ,
Misrepresentation ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Proposed Rules ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
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
12/22/2023
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Consent ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
FCC ,
Lead Generators ,
Marketing ,
New Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages
In a landmark decision that will impact all companies that communicate with their customers via text or phone calls, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month overturned a broad interpretation that some federal courts had...more
Over the past two weeks, companies in Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have been receiving notices of unemployment benefits claims filed on behalf of employees who are still working and who did not file for...more
The new HIPAA rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services have made substantial changes to the way in which covered entities (e.g., hospitals, health insurers, etc…) and their business associates (entities...more
If your company is subject to HIPAA, new rules published by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) will require changes in your policies and practices regarding data breaches....more
2/4/2013
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Compliance ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Notice Requirements ,
PHI ,
Subcontractors