Readers may recall that in February 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order imposing a number of new TCPA caller and texter compliance obligations in connection with consumer revocation requests, which are applicable to...more
4/14/2025
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FCC ,
Financial Institutions ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Waivers
In yet a third setback for the FCC since the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright opinion eliminating Chevron deference, the 11th Circuit last Friday in Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited v. FCC, vacated two TCPA consent...more
1/30/2025
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Chevron Deference ,
Consent ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Lead Generators ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In January 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order that closed the so-called “lead generator loophole,” and also included a number of new consent-related requirements....more
In February 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order imposing a number of new TCPA caller and texter compliance obligations in connection with consumer revocation requests, which are applicable to calls and text messages that...more
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
2/23/2024
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Cell Phones ,
Comment Period ,
Consent ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
Do Not Call List ,
FCC ,
Lead Generators ,
Natural Language Processing ,
New Rules ,
NPRM ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Revocation ,
TCPA ,
Totality of Circumstances Test
On December 18, 2023 the FCC released a Second Report and Order, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), and Waiver Order, which it considered and adopted at its December Open Meeting, furthering what it...more
1/4/2024
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Comment Period ,
Do Not Call List ,
Email ,
Enforcement Authority ,
FCC ,
Lead Generators ,
NPRM ,
Opt-In ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages
The FCC will consider at its Open Meeting this Wednesday, December 13, 2023, a TCPA item focused on “robotexting”, which will be the second item considered at the meeting, scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. ET....more
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Inquiry seeking public comment on the use of evolving AI technologies in robocall and robotext campaigns, potential consumer impacts, and associated issues surrounding TCPA compliance and the...more
11/27/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Comment Period ,
Compliance ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
FCC ,
Public Comment ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages
While an ongoing FCC rulemaking is seeking comment on whether the FCC should clarify that TCPA’s Do-No-Call rules apply to text messages as they do to voice calls, a federal court has weighed-in with its view that...more
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to further tighten and to codify in its rules various Commission declaratory rulings on TCPA consent requirements that are applicable to autodialed calls and...more
On March 16, the FCC adopted a Report and Order setting the first regulations targeted at preventing scam text messages sent to consumers, relying on its authority provided by the TCPA. Mobile wireless providers are required...more