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FCC Grants Narrow One Year Effective Date Extension of TCPA Consent Revocation Requirement

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

Loper Blight: 11th Circuit Vacates FCC Lead Generator “One-to-One” and “Logically/Topically Related” Consent Provisions

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

Certain Foreign Sponsorship Identification Requirements for Broadcasters Effective August 15

Section 317 of the Communications Act requires broadcast licensees to inform their audiences of when programming is being aired in exchange for payment or compensation to the station....more

FCC’s Net Neutrality Order Extends Exclusive Access Prohibitions to Broadband-Only Services Delivered to Residential and...

In April, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted its Net Neutrality Order which once again reclassified Broadband Internet Access Service (BIAS) as a Title II, common carrier service. ...more

$8 Million in Fines Levied Against Caller and Carrier for Deepfake, AI Robocalls

In this first-of-its kind enforcement action, the FCC has proposed forfeitures not only against a party for allegedly instigating a deepfake, robocall campaign, but also against the voice provider for alleged STIR/SHAKEN...more

FCC Tightens Lead Generator TCPA Consent Requirements, Adopts Texting Do-Not-Call and “Red Flag” Text Blocking Rules, and Seeks...

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

TCPA Issues to be Considered at December 13, 2023 FCC Open Meeting

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

FCC Beefs Up Robocall Guardrails for VoIP Number Access

The FCC adopted new rules and proposed additional rules to modernize and strengthen its requirements for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to obtain direct access to telephone numbers in order to reduce access to...more

FCC Proposes More Frequent Scrutiny of International Section 214 Authorization Holders; Industry Sternly Objects

In April, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to require telecommunications carriers to renew, every 10 years, their international section 214...more

Court Finds Do-Not-Call Rules Apply to Marketing 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

Escalation of U.S. Crackdown on Chinese Technology and Telecoms: Emerging Issues

In recent years, the U.S. has pursued a whole-of-government approach to target Chinese technology and service providers in furtherance of foreign policy and national security objectives....more

Broadband Funding in the Infrastructure Act: What Does It Provide and How Do Companies Qualify For It?

In 1936, during the throes of the Great Depression, the federal government launched the Rural Electrification Act to provide electricity to the people living outside of cities and towns. While 90% of homes in urban and...more

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