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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Industry Hits Back Against the Plaintiffs’ Bar’s Effort to Eviscerate TCPA Consent Rulings

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1992 was an interesting year. Ross Perot ran for president. Crystal Pepsi was all the rage. And the FCC handed down a ruling on the then-nascent TCPA interpreting what it means to provide “express consent” to receive...more

Morgan Lewis

US Trade Associations and ISPs Petition FCC to Reconsider New Privacy Rules

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On January 3, several US trade associations and internet service providers (ISPs) submitted petitions requesting that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reconsider its broadband privacy rules mandating consumer...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker

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Kelley Drye's Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") petitions before the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC"). With the recent increase in litigation...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How Will the FCC’s TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order Affect Your Business?

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In a previous blog post, we reported on the FCC’s new pro-consumer TCPA ruling. On July 10, 2015, the FCC officially released the Declaratory Ruling and Order, which became effective immediately. The ruling creates new and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New FCC Order Spurs Legal Challenges

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The Association of Credit and Collection Professionals (ACA) swiftly-filed a petition for review of the FCC’s July 10, 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order (FCC 15-72) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The...more

Burr & Forman

FCC’s TCPA “Fact Sheet” Provides Little Hope for Relief Sought by Businesses

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For several years, numerous businesses and industry groups have petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to provide clarity to the Commission’s prior interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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Telecoms File Lawsuit Challenging Net Neutrality Rules

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The Federal Register officially published the FCC’s new rules governing net neutrality on Monday, April 13, 2015, and the new rules will take effect 60 days following the date of publication. As anticipated, AT&T and the...more

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Telecom Trade Associations Seek Reconsideration of FCC’s New “Treble Damages” Forfeiture Policy

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Reacting to last month’s Policy Statement by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), trade associations representing a spectrum of telecommunications providers filed a joint Petition for Reconsideration and for a stay of...more

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