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FCC Commissioner Trusty Announces Staff Appointments

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Yesterday, Federal Communications Commissioner Olivia Trusty announced the appointment of several members to her team stating, “I am pleased to announce the talented individuals who will be joining my team. Each brings a...more

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McLaughlin v. McKesson: Rebalancing the Scales Between Agency and Judicial Interpretation of the TCPA

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On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court released a landmark opinion in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc., v. McKesson Corp., further reshaping the scope of judicial review of agency action. ...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance — Congress Hears from Industry Stakeholders on the Next Steps to Combatting Illegal Robocalls and...

On June 4, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on combating illegal robocalls and robotexts. The hearing, entitled “Stopping Illegal Robocalls and...more

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DEAR LORD: Nomorobo Just Sued Synchrony Under the TCPA For Calls to a Honeypot And This Could Be Enormous

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Honeypots. Tens (hundreds?) of thousands of phone numbers owned by a single corporate subscriber. They exist merely to monitor and track calling patterns. No one is using these phones. They are monitored autonomously for a...more

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Let’s Be Real: AI TCPA Lawsuits Are on the Rise

Recently, an Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) lawsuit was filed against a healthcare marketer in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In Finley v....more

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ROBOCALLS ON THE RISE: Latest Robocall Index Update Confirms Trend– Robocalls Up Nearly 20% YoY

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Well Americans have endured 3 billion more robocalls in 2025 than in 2024 according to YouMail’s famous Robocall Index. The Index reveals Americans received 4,829,181,100 robocalls in May, 2025 as opposed to 4,480,264,800 in...more

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Debt Collection Industry Advocates for Revocation of Burdensome TCPA Rules

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In response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) request for input on unnecessary compliance burdens, the debt collection industry, led by ACA International, is advocating for significant reforms to the Telephone...more

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ITS HERE: The First of a Wave of New “Keyword Avoider” SMS Opt Out TCPA Class Actions Has Been Filed And TCPAWorld Will Never Be...

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An attorney named Jeff Lohman recently narrowly escaped a jury verdict against him on a RICO claim arising out of allegations he had manufactured TCPA claims by encouraging clients to use vague opt out language during phone...more

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FCC Confirms that Utilities Can Send Non-Telemarketing Demand Response Alerts Without Additional Consent

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The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau adopted a Declaratory Ruling, adding demand response alerts to a list of utility communications deemed “closely related” to utility services....more

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How to Reduce Potential TCPA Liability and FCC Reassigned Numbers Database

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The Federal Communications Commission’s Reassigned Numbers Database is designed to prevent a consumer from getting unwanted calls intended for someone who previously held their phone number. Telemarketers can use the...more

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Surge in TCPA Quiet Time Litigation

Our readers may recall a recent piece in which we discussed a petition seeking clarity from the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) about the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (“TCPA”) applicability to calls made late...more

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AI Meets TCPA: Navigating Business Compliance Risks in Phone Communications

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As artificial intelligence continues to transform business communications, companies will continue to face significant—and in some cases, increased—legal risks under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when choosing...more

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TCPA Quiet Hour Lawsuits Proliferate as FCC Considers the Legal Impact of Prior Consent

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a federal statute that governs various telemarketing practices. Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Facebook v. Duguid (narrowing the interpretation autodialer), the...more

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Call Me, Maybe? TCPA Jurisprudence Post-Loper Bright

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I’m not willing to admit how many times I’ve listened to Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit “Call Me Maybe,” but I’m well enough versed in its lyrics to safely conclude she likely provided her romantic interest prior express consent to...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — One-to-One Consent Eleventh Circuit Challenge Dead

One-to-One Consent 11th Circuit Challenge Dead - As we previously reported, after the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s much-anticipated one-to-one consent rule in Insurance Marketing...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance News — April 2025

We are pleased to present our latest edition of Telephone and Texting Compliance News, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this month’s Regulatory Update, we cover the FCC’s...more

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FCC Dials Back TCPA Rules While Consumer and Small Business Groups Move to Intervene

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The first months of 2025 have brought a number of notable developments in TCPA litigation and compliance, kicking off with the eleventh-hour announcement by the FCC on January 24 that it would postpone the effective date of...more

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Bank associations urge FCC to revise three rules

On April 11, several trade associations filed joint comments urging the FCC to revise or rescind certain rules implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) which restrict non-telemarketing informational calls. In...more

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TCPA Turnstile: TCPA Litigation Continues to Spring to Life in 2025 (TCPA Update Vol. 20)

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TCPA litigation, like spring flowers, is in full bloom this season. Over the past several months, major decisions have come down related to the FCC’s one-to-one consent rule (which we covered in our last update) as well as...more

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Financial Industry Concerns Cause FCC to Delay Implementation of Broad Consent Revocation Requirement under TCPA

On April 11, 2025, a controversial new rule by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was set to take effect to modify consent revocation requirements under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). But each of the...more

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TCPA Update: The FCC Delays Portions of Revocation of Consent Rules by One Year

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On April 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced that it would delay portions of a significant new rule pertaining to the revocation of consumer consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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FCC Issues One Year Waiver for Consent Revocation Rule

On April 7, the FCC issued an order staying the effective date of a key provision in its Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules. The provision—originally set to take effect on April 11, 2025—would have required that a...more

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FCC Grants Narrow One Year Effective Date Extension of TCPA Consent Revocation Requirement

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Readers may recall that in February 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order imposing a number of new TCPA caller and texter compliance obligations in connection with consumer revocation requests, which are applicable to...more

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What Is An AI-Generated Call?

With AI-generated content becoming more widespread daily, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) has solicited comments from the general public and companies alike in connection with a recent Notice of...more

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FCC Delays Company-Wide TCPA Revocation Rule

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On February 16, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the TCPA Consent Order adopting various rules governing consumers’ ability to revoke consent to receive certain communications, including that when...more

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