Robocalling, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2018 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/2/2018

Just weeks after Mexico’s central bank was targeted by hackers who stole $15 million, Chile’s biggest bank, Banco de Chile, announced on May 28, 2018, that it had been struck by a “virus” that affected its workstations,...more

Consumer Bankers Association, Chamber of Commerce Join Legal Challenge to FCC Ruling Tightening TCPA Call Restrictions

Carlton Fields on 9/10/2015

The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) and the United States Chamber of Commerce have joined the legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s July declaratory ruling and order ("FCC Ruling") responding to...more

11th, 6th Circuits Rule on TCPA Consent for Autodialed Calls to Cell Phones

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/3/2015

The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 11th and Sixth Circuits recently issued two rulings regarding when a consumer has given “prior express consent” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to receive text messages or...more

Sixth Circuit Weighs in on TCPA “Prior Express Consent”

Burr & Forman on 8/31/2015

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently addressed both the timing and scope of “prior express consent” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The plaintiff in Stephen M. Hill v. Homeward...more

Framing the Issues on Appeal in DC Circuit’s Review of the FCC’s Aggressive TCPA Order

Burr & Forman on 8/19/2015

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) disappointed many with its July 1, 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The TCPA prohibits, amongst other things, using an automated...more

Anti-robocalling statute banning automated political calls found unconstitutional

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/14/2015

On August 6, 2015, the Fourth Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision that the South Carolina anti-robocall statute was unconstitutional. The South Carolina robocall statute targeted automated telephone calls that were...more