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The Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or the “Commission”) recently adopted a new Opt-Out Rule under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), which will take effect on April 11, 2025. Currently, the TCPA...more
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, host Chris Willis is joined by Partners Virginia Flynn and Chad Fuller for the first edition of a special year-in-review series. Together, they provide a comprehensive analysis...more
On February 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted the Draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Report and Order”) that it released last month under the Telephone Consumer...more
Is a phone call that uses artificial intelligence to imitate a real person “an artificial or prerecorded voice,” subject to the restrictions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act? The Federal Communications Commission...more
On February 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a News Release titled “FCC Makes AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Illegal.” Despite this attention-grabbing headline, the FCC’s unanimous Declaratory...more
Only a week after issuing a statement calling for the regulation of robocalls featuring voices generated by artificial intelligence, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Declaratory Ruling confirming that...more
Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology sector clients — and any company that places non-marketing calls or text communications to customers by automated means — should pay close attention to two new FCC orders from...more
The Central District of California recently granted summary judgment to the defendant on a TCPA claim in Mendoza v. Allied Interstate LLC, SACV 17-885 JVS (KESx), 2019 WL 5616961 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 22, 2019), finding that the...more
Recent News - FCC Adopts Declaratory Ruling on Call Blocking and FNPRM on SHAKEN/STIR - On June 6, 2019, the FCC adopted a declaratory ruling that allows carriers to block on an opt-out basis calls that spoof...more
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
On May 21, the CFPB published its long-awaited proposed rule on debt collection practices (“Proposed Rule”) in large part to address application of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) to modern collection issues....more
NOT LEGAL ADVICE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE–DON’T RELY ON THIS–CONSULT AN ATTORNEY - Every once in a while we get some questions from our loyal readers. Thought I’d take a minute and provide a few answers where I...more
Deploy Call Authentication Technology by 2019 or Else, FCC Tells Voice Providers - In letters sent to voice providers large and small by Chairman Pai on November 5 and 6, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”)...more
As healthcare companies increasingly rely on mobile delivery platforms and other technologies to communicate with patients about appointments, billing and other issues, the potential for legal exposure under the Telephone...more
As we reported here recently, the FCC is seeking public comment on a number of key issues impacting the scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). One issue of profound significance to be addressed by the FCC,...more
Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued a long-awaited decision on an omnibus challenge to the FCC’s interpretation of the TCPA. While the decision provides some relief for businesses, it does not...more
On March 16, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in ACA International v. FCC, invalidating several key pieces of the FCC’s 2015 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...more