News & Analysis as of

Robocalling Telemarketing Text Messages

Womble Bond Dickinson

FCC Proposes AI-Generated Robocall and Robotext Rules

Womble Bond Dickinson on

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has unanimously approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) and Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”), proposing first-of-their-kind AI-generated robocall and robotext rules that would...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC Proposes New AI-Generated Robocall Rules

On Aug. 7, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to propose new rules to require callers to disclose if they are using artificial intelligence (AI) in robocalls and robotexts. If adopted, the new rules would set...more

Perkins Coie

FCC Proposes New Rules for AI-Generated Content in Calls and Texts

Perkins Coie on

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has once again set its sights on artificial intelligence (AI), proposing consumer protections in the use of AI-generated content in robocalls and robotexts. Illegal robocalls and...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Proposes New Rules for AI-Generated Calls and Texts

Wiley Rein LLP on

On July 17, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (draft NPRM) that would, among other things, propose new rules to regulate AI-generated calls and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Opt-In Texts Violated the TCPA, Arizona Court Rules

An Arizona federal court determined that opt-in texts could violate the TCPA in a new decision. Although Monica Abboud registered her phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry, she alleged that she received...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

TCPA Boundaries Drawn: Marketing Text Messages to Known Telephone Numbers Permitted

In Marina Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, Ltd. (101 F.4th 176), the Second Circuit addressed critical questions regarding the definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) and whether text...more

Mintz - Technology, Communications & Media...

Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — Second and Third Circuits Address Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems;...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation, recent court decisions continue to provide defendant-friendly clarity as to what technology and platforms constitute automatic...more

Troutman Pepper

Second Circuit Upholds TCPA Case Dismissal: ATDS Must Generate Phone Numbers, Text Messages Don’t Qualify as Artificial Voices

Troutman Pepper on

In Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, Ltd, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending a text message to her cell phone using an automatic...more

Venable LLP

Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 12 – Telemarketing and Texting

Venable LLP on

Listen to Episode 12 of our podcast, the Ad Law Tool Kit Show. In this episode, partner Ari Rothman talks to host Shahin Rothermel about telemarketing and texting. Check out the episode....more

Hudson Cook, LLP

FCC Continues to Roll Out TCPA Changes and Interpretations

Hudson Cook, LLP on

On February 16, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission released a Report and Order establishing significant new standards regulating Telephone Consumer Protection Act consent and revocation of consent. In recent weeks,...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FCC Announces Final Rule Reflecting Changes to TCPA Revocation of Consent

Hinch Newman LLP on

On March 5, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it has adopted new rules and codified previously adopted protections that make it simpler for consumers to revoke consent to unwanted robocalls and...more

Venable LLP

New Bill to Modernize the TCPA Would Significantly Expand Potential Liability

Venable LLP on

On January 29, 2024, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. introduced the Do Not Disturb Act, a bill that would amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and “fix” the Supreme Court’s ruling in Duguid that limited the...more

Goodwin

FCC Confirms A.I.-Generated Robocall Voices Are “Artificial” under the TCPA

Goodwin on

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Declaratory Ruling stating that existing federal regulations related to using “an artificial or prerecorded voice” to deliver a telephone message, also...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC Declares AI-Generated Calls Subject to TCPA

On Feb. 8, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a unanimous declaratory ruling confirming the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) restrictions on the use of “artificial or prerecorded voice” include...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FCC Rules AI-Generated Voices Are “Artificial” Under the TCPA

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently declared that AI-generated voices do fall within the meaning of “artificial” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in a ruling issued on February 8, 2024. The...more

Troutman Pepper

FCC Rules AI-Generated Voices Fall Under TCPA Restrictions

Troutman Pepper on

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a unanimous ruling that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) restrictions on the use of “artificial or prerecorded voices” apply to AI technology that...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FCC Publishes Final Single-Seller Lead Generation Consent Rule in Federal Register, and More

Hinch Newman LLP on

The Federal Communications Commission has published its new rule designed, in part, to close the lead generator loophole by amending the definition of “prior express written consent” for purposes of the Telephone Consumer...more

Troutman Pepper

AGs Urge the Federal Government to Regulate AI in Telemarketing

Troutman Pepper on

North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein led a bipartisan effort urging the federal government to impose stricter regulations on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in telemarketing. The collective push involved 26...more

Troutman Pepper

Pa. Autodialer Decision Has Turned TCPA Tides in 3rd Circ.

Troutman Pepper on

The U.S. Supreme Court's 2021 decision in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid resolved a long-standing circuit split over the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system, or ATDS, under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. ...more

Locke Lord LLP

New FCC Rules for Lead Generation ‎Under the TCPA

Locke Lord LLP on

At its December 13, 2023 meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules aimed at closing the “lead generator loophole” in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227. See Second...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Post-Facebook v. Duguid Litigation Roundup December 2023

As part of Manatt’s continuing monthly coverage of the aftermath of  Facebook v. Duguid and how district courts are applying it to determine whether a calling system meets the Supreme Court’s newly clarified definition of an...more

Cozen O'Connor

FCC Adopts New Telemarketing Consent Rule Based on Bipartisan AG Coalition’s Input

Cozen O'Connor on

The FCC, utilizing input from a bipartisan coalition of 29 AGs, has adopted a new one-to-one consent rule that prevents lead generators from obtaining consumer consent for multiple business sellers at the same time....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC Upends the Lead Generation Industry

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has adopted an order that will restructure the way lead generators collect consumer consent to receive robocalls or robotexts from sellers. Many businesses, particularly small...more

BCLP

Not to be a Grinch, but...is Your Business TCPA Compliant? (With Apologies to Dr. Seuss)

BCLP on

Does your business use text message marketing, telemarketing or faxing? If so, you may be exposing yourself to multi-million dollar liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”), which restricts...more

Venable LLP

FCC Adopts Rule Closing the Lead Generator Loophole

Venable LLP on

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a revised rule to restrict forms of lead generation involving texts and calls to consumers on December 13, 2023. The revised rule implementing the Telephone Consumer...more

194 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 8

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide