FCC, Safe Harbors

Texas District Court Rejects “Influence Liability” Workaround to FCC Exemption for Research and Surveys

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/14/2023

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas reaffirms the FCC’s interpretation that calls and text messages regarding consumer surveys and other market research do not qualify as...more

Spring Roster of FCC Actions: State-Federal Partnerships, Enforcement Actions, and Reassigned Numbers Database Clarifications and...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/15/2022

The FCC’s TCPA dockets did not witness many developments from the beginning of 2022 until February. However, beginning in February and into March, Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s office and the Enforcement Bureau were busy...more

Seeking shelter from the (TCPA) storm: statutory safe harbor provides protection

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/23/2022

A statutory “safe harbor” within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) may have become a bit safer after a federal court reinforced what defendants must do to secure statutory protection from high-dollar TCPA lawsuits....more

FCC adopts new regulation of telecommunications in multi-tenant environments

Hogan Lovells on 2/22/2022

Recent developments from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) signal a renewed focus on leveraging the blunt instrument of regulation to spur telecommunications competition in apartment buildings, shopping malls, and...more

FCC Proposes Broadband “Nutrition” Label Requirement - UPDATED February 2022

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/7/2022

*This alert was originally published on January 28, 2022 and updated on February 4, 2022. On January 27, 2022, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) moved to implement a provision of the bipartisan...more

FCC Proposes Broadband “Nutrition” Label Requirement

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/31/2022

On January 27, 2022, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) moved to implement a provision of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by adopting a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that...more

TCPA Insurance? A new database offers a wider shield from liability through due diligence

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 12/6/2021

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) poses a constant threat to companies that wish to communicate with existing and prospective customers because the statute imposes strict liability on companies that call or text...more

“The Number You Have Dialed Has Changed Subscriber” or the Advent of the Reassigned Numbers Database

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/10/2021

After years of discussion and planning, the FCC’s Reassigned Numbers Database opened for commercial use on November 1, 2021. Now business callers can register for a paid subscription with the FCC’s designated Administrator,...more

FCC Announces the Launch of Reassigned Number Database (and Accompanying Safe Harbor)

Cozen O'Connor on 11/9/2021

On November 1, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the launch of the Reassigned Numbers Database (RND). This centralized database is an important development for businesses across industries that are...more

The FCC's Reassigned Number Database Nears Its Debut

Hudson Cook, LLP on 10/26/2021

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act creates a seemingly endless list of compliance challenges and other headaches for companies determined to mitigate the financial cost and resource burden of TCPA litigation. This year...more

Alert: New TCPA Risk Avoidance Tool

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/22/2021

It was back in December 2018, before the pandemic temporarily shuttered stores and forced the whole world to “go remote,” that the FCC voted to create a national reassigned number database (RND) to help companies that send...more

Buchalter TCPA Digest: The FCC Reassigned Number Database Is About to Go Live. Are You Ready?

Buchalter on 10/13/2021

Calls to reassigned numbers have presented an endless source of legal risk for any company that calls or texts consumers for informational or marketing purposes. Reassigned number class actions brought under the Telephone...more

Multiple New FCC Robocall Initiatives Set New Expectations for Voice Service Providers

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/23/2021

Following passage of the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act (TRACED Act or TRACED) in late 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) implemented the law’s numerous robocall abatement provisions on the statute’s...more

New Year, New Rules: FCC Modifies Existing TCPA Exemptions, Adopts New “Call Blocking” Requirements, and Clarifies TCPA...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/8/2021

Some welcome the New Year with new goals and new plans while others – the FCC, in particular, welcomes the New Year by wrapping up TCPA rulemakings and issuing other rulings. As expected, a number of TRACED Act items were...more

FCC Selects SomosGov as Next Telephone Number Administrator and Reassigned Numbers Database Administrator

Womble Bond Dickinson on 12/9/2020

The FCC continues to slowly, but surely, make progress towards launching the Reassigned Number Database that it first proposed in June 2017 and then ultimately voted to create in December 2018. On December 1, 2020, the...more

Safe Harbors and Erroneous Blocking Redress Measures Adopted by the FCC; Additional Rulemaking Proposed

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/7/2020

As we previewed recently, the FCC adopted a set of rule amendments through a Third Report and Order for its “call blocking by default” framework on July 16, 2020. These rules focus on two safe harbors potentially shielding...more

FCC Adopts New Safe Harbor Rules for Blocking Robocalls

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/4/2020

Continuing its efforts to prevent illegal and unwanted robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Third Report and Order (Third R&O) further encouraging voice service providers to block illegal and...more

The FCC Clarifies that Certain Communications to COVID-19 Patients Fall with TCPA’s “Emergency Purposes” Safe Harbor

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/3/2020

In a Public Notice issued July 28, 2020, the FCC confirmed that the TCPA’s safe harbor for calls or text messages made for “emergency purposes” applies to calls and text messages made by or on behalf of health care entities...more

TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Adopts Safe Harbor to Encourage Blocking of Unwanted Robocalls; FCC Releases TCPA Clarifications &...

Mintz on 7/30/2020

FCC Adopts Safe Harbor to Encourage Voice Service Providers to Block Unwanted Robocalls - The FCC adopted a highly anticipated Third Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed...more

FCC Adopts New Rules with Safe Harbors for Blocking Robocalls

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/17/2020

Continuing with its efforts against illegal robocalling, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules to further encourage phone companies to block illegal and unwanted robocalls before they reach consumers. ...more

FCC Creates Reassigned Phone Number Database With Safe-Harbor Against TCPA Liability for Users (Updated)

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/10/2020

Update July 09: The FCC has issued a Public Notice announcing that beginning July 27, 2020, voice service providers must begin maintaining records of the most recent date each phone number was permanently disconnected and...more

Regulatory Updates: FCC to Vote on “Robocall” Measures to Mitigate Erroneous Blocking and to Advance Reassigned Numbers Database...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/9/2020

The FCC recently reported a decrease of approximately 60% of consumer robocall complaints and a drop of approximately 30% in volume of “unwanted robocalls” that were placed in the first half of 2020 as compared to the first...more

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