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Truth-in-AI and Robo-Deception: How Regulation Is Evolving to Address Deepfakes, Robocalls and More to Avoid the Erosion of...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/15/2024

The rise of generative AI in advertising challenges existing regulatory frameworks and threatens consumer trust. Businesses using AI-generated content must grapple with legal, ethical and practical implications...more

FCC Considers Updates to Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/19/2024

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has not been updated in over 30 years. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been asked by Congress to take “decisive action in addressing the escalating issue of...more

AI Robocalls: Election Season Triggers Additional FCC Scrutiny

Venable LLP on 7/3/2024

With the election cycle heating up as we approach the dog days of summer, so too is the Federal Communications Commission’s scrutiny of the use of AI technology in fraudulent robocalls. As we previously discussed, the FCC has...more

Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Takes Action Against Alliant, Deems Repeat Robocaller Group as...

Mintz - Technology, Communications & Media... on 6/3/2024

Federal Communications Commission Finishes Its “Spring Cleaning” Initiative, Taking Action Against Alliant - The Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) took its third and final...more

FCC Revises CPNI and LNP Rules to Combat SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/4/2023

On November 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("Order and FNPRM") revising the FCC's Customer Proprietary Network...more

Shutting Down the Cell Phone Scammers: The FCC Adopts Rules to Crack Down on Fraudulent Practices against Wireless Phone Users

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/1/2023

On November 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Report & Order (“Order”) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“FNPRM”), adopting measures to address two techniques bad actors frequently...more

Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Senate Holds Hearing on “Protecting Americans from Robocalls”; Senators...

Mintz - Technology, Communications & Media... on 12/1/2023

The US Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband (“Subcommittee”) held a hearing on “Protecting Americans from Robocalls.” Testifying before the Subcommittee...more

FCC Reaches New Heights With $300M Robocall Fine

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/8/2023

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its largest fine to date, totaling $299,997,000, in an action against an auto warranty scam robocall operation run by an international network....more

The Delaware Chancery Court Finds That an Unfair Process Resulted in a Fair Price

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/10/2023

Executive Summary- A recent Delaware Court of Chancery post-trial decision, In re Straight Path Communications, is another example of: • “fair price” immunizing “unfair process” in the “entire fairness” analysis, and - •...more

FCC Proposes Action on Scam and Spam Text Messaging

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/6/2022

The FCC proposes requiring mobile wireless providers to block text messages that appear to come from invalid, unallocated or unused numbers, and numbers on a “Do-Not-Originate” list. It also seeks comment on Over the Top...more

FCC to Address Illegal Text Messages

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 10/4/2022

On Sept. 27, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that details the FCC’s initial proposal to protect consumers from illegal text messages used to defraud consumers. The...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2022

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 4/29/2022

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. ...more

Attorneys General Continue Fight Against Illegal Robocalling

Cozen O'Connor on 1/14/2022

The National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter to the FCC urging it to strengthen protections against foreign-based illegal robocalls targeting American consumers...more

Priorities And Trends Discussed At This Week’s NAAG Consumer Protection Spring Conference

Cozen O'Connor on 5/13/2021

On May 11, 2021, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) held its Spring Consumer Protection Conference virtually with more than 500 attendees. The conference comprised a series of panel discussions with state...more

Texas Power Companies Investigated Post-Storm | Cryptocurrency Investors Misled| Student Loan Relief

Cozen O'Connor on 2/26/2021

2022 AG Elections- Republican Candidate Seeks 2022 Rematch Against Minnesota’s Incumbent Attorney General- •Doug Wardlow, general counsel for My Pillow, Inc. and a former state representative, has announced he will...more

Financial Daily Dose 12.03.2019 | Top Story: US Threatens Tariffs on French Goods Over New Digital Services Tax

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/3/2019

Because who wants a nice quiet December, right? Yesterday, the U.S. opened yet another trade war front by proposing retaliatory tariffs of up to 100% on a wide range of French imports after announcing that “it found France’s...more

FCC Announces Plan to Create New Fraud Division, But Provides Few Details

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 2/5/2019

On February 4, 2019, the FCC announced a plan to create a new division housed in its Enforcement Bureau, dedicated to prosecuting fraud in the agency’s Universal Service Fund (“USF”) programs. Citing to recent USF-related...more

Does the Rural Healthcare Program Need a Check-Up? Program Under Microscope Following $18.7 Million Proposed Fine for Fraud

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 2/6/2018

The Rural Health Care Program (“RHCP”) is sure to face increased scrutiny in the wake of a $18.7 million proposed fine issued by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) at its January meeting against a...more

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