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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FCC Adopts Data Breach Notification Rules for Telecommunications Providers

At the end of 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “the Commission”) adopted updates to its existing 16-year-old data breach notification rules (“prior rules”) designed to ensure that sensitive customer...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FCC’s Second Report and Order Will Leave Lead Generation Industry in Limbo

On November 22, the FCC issued a Second Report and Order with sweeping implications for the lead generation industry. The FCC has tentatively scheduled the issue for a vote during its December 13, 2023 open meeting....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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

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

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AD-ttorneys@law - July 2023

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It’s hard to keep up with the ferment of controversy bubbling around OpenAI and its compatriots in the generative AI business. Lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuits. Regulatory probes. Outright bans by sovereign nations. But when, by...more

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FCC Levies $5 Million Fine for Political Calling Campaign That Violated the TCPA

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As part of a broader campaign to go after “robocall” violations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a $5,134,500 fine against a company and its owners for making 1,141 robocalls in 2020 that violated...more

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Spring Cleaning: FCC Modifies TCPA Regulations to Block “Likely” Illegal Text Messages and Considers Further Action On “Lead...

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On March 17, 2023, the FCC issued a Report and Order adopting final rules that require mobile wireless providers to block certain text messages to their subscribers. The FCC also issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more

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FCC Publishes Robotexting Report and Order and FNPRM in the Federal Register

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On April 11, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) published a Report and Order (R&O) in the Federal Register, setting an effective date of May 11, 2023 for certain of its rules. The R&O establishes...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FCC regulations target scam robotexts

On March 16, the FCC adopted its first regulations specifically targeting scam text messages sent to consumers. Recognizing that robotexts are generally covered under the TCPA’s limits against unwanted calls to mobile phones...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Conflicting Decisions Illustrate Uncertainty as to Whether TCPA Extends to Text Messages

Two recent District Court opinions highlight an ongoing dispute as to whether the TCPA and its implementing regulations should apply to mobile (cellular) phones and text messages received thereon, as opposed to the more...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Redial: 2019 TCPA Year-in-Review - Analysis of critical issues and trends in TCPA compliance and litigation

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to send you its sixth annual REDIAL: 2019 TCPA YEAR-IN-REVIEW – ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL ISSUES AND TRENDS IN TCPA COMPLIANCE AND LITIGATION. Inside this digital edition, you will find our in-depth...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dialing In - TCPA top issues to watch in 2020

Companies in consumer-facing industries face a continued barrage of lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In 2019, TCPA lawsuits remained one of the most commonly filed type of class action in federal...more

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Point of Sale Newsletter - January 2020

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Enacted in 1991 to stem the tide of telemarketing calls, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) restricts “the making of telemarketing calls and the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fourth Circuit Strikes Down TCPA Exemption for Collection of Government Debt, Putting Loan Servicers and Debt Collectors at Risk

A recent decision by a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has significant – and possibly costly – implications for loan servicers and...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker March 2019

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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Proposes Mobile Phone E911 Vertical Location Accuracy Standard

At its March 15 Open Meeting, the FCC intends to vote on a Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“FNPRM”) in its Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements proceeding that would consider adoption of a vertical, or...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker February 2019

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

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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

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THIS IS A TEST: Could the Presidential Text Message Alert System be in Violation of Privacy Rights Afforded by the First and...

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Last Wednesday, most of us received a jarring alert on our cellphones at approximately 2:18 p.m. (EST) It read, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless System. No action is required.” This was a test of the Wireless...more

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Ninth Circuit Issues Opinion on TCPA ATDS Definition

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On September 20, 2018, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion finding that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA’s) “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) definition is vague and ambiguous, and interpreting the...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The SEC has taken its first enforcement action against a hedge fund over its cryptocurrency investments—namely, falsely holding itself out as the “first regulated fund in the U.S. focused on crypto assets.” It also targeted a...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker July 2018

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

Womble Bond Dickinson

Two Texts are Apparently Enough to Allege ATDS Use as Courts Continue to Struggle with Pleading Standard in TCPA Text Cases

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On June 7, 2018, a Florida district court held that Plaintiff’s putative class action allegations that Defendant twice texted his cell phone number without consent using an ATDS was sufficient to state a claim under the TCPA...more

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PSA: FCC Seeks Comment on Reassigned Number Databases and the Creation of a TCPA Safe Harbor

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As we reported last month, on the heels of the D.C. Circuit’s ruling in ACA Int’l v. FCC, the D.C. Circuit has created a tabula rasa for the FCC’s treatment of reassigned numbers under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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D.C. Circuit Rejects FCC’s Interpretation of Automatic Telephone Dialing System Under TCPA

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As retailers continue to be sued for alleged violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), a long-awaited ruling by the D.C. Circuit on the FCC’s 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order (“2015 Order”) may provide...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

To Text or Not to Text? That Is the Question

Let’s face it: The residential phone line is on the verge of suffering the same fate as the 8-track tape. Anyone who doesn’t know what an 8-track tape is most assuredly uses a cell phone—and only a cell phone—to communicate....more

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