Robocalling, Federal Contractors

FCC Clarifies That Government Contractors Must Obtain Prior Express Consent Under the TCPA

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/16/2020

On December 14, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released an Order on Reconsideration (Order) clarifying that federal, state, and local contractors must obtain prior express consent from...more

U.S. Financial Institutions Petition FCC to Exclude Their Informational Calls from TCPA Liability During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/10/2020

On March 30, 2020, the American Bankers Association (“ABA”) and several other associations of banks and credit unions (together, “petitioners”) effectively asked the FCC to exempt all COVID-related calls and texts to...more

The Fourth Circuit Strikes TCPA’s Government Debt Collection Exception

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 4/29/2019

Late last month, we warned that pending litigation in the Fourth and Ninth Circuits seeking to have the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) declared unconstitutional based on the statutory government debt collection...more

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker June 2018

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 6/15/2018

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

Federal government and their contractors immune from TCPA restrictions

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/15/2016

Last week, on July 5, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an opinion stating that robocalls made by the federal government (or its contractors) are exempt from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more

Do as We Say, Not as We Do: Government Agency (Deliciously) Exempts Itself—and the Rest of the Government—From the TCPA

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/7/2016

Happy Independence Day! While you were off barbecuing and lighting fireworks this weekend the FCC’s staff was feverishly working to give Uncle Sam a birthday present—free reign to robocall your cell phone! That’s right,...more