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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.  
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Appeals Court strikes down FCC telemarketing, robocall rule that required specific consent

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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the FCC rule that would have prohibited telemarketing or advertising robocalls to consumers unless they consent to calls from only one entity at a time, and that they consent...more

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SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Judicial Interpretation of Agency Authority Under the TCPA

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On January 21, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al., a case and decision that may have an outsized impact on the nature of judicial review of...more

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FCC Delays—then Eleventh Circuit Defenestrates—New TCPA Requirements for Prior Express Written Consent

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There is nothing quite like the 11th hour. On Monday, January 27, 2025, two new requirements for prior express written consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) were set to take effect. These requirements,...more

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Eleventh Circuit Vacates FCC’s One-to-One Consent and Logically-and-Topically-Related Requirements for Prior Express Consent

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Insurance Marketing Coalition, Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commissions, No. 24-10277, 2025 WL 289152 (11th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025) - “At bottom, the FCC has ‘decreed a duty on [lead generators] that the statute does not...more

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FCC Postpones Effective Date of TCPA One-to-One Consent Rule Before it is Vacated by the Eleventh Circuit

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On the eve prior to its effective date, the FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule that sought to redefine the meaning of "prior express written consent" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, was postponed for one year by order...more

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SCOTUS Poised to Expand District Court Review of FCC Orders

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that will likely determine whether a federal district court or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has the final say on how to interpret the Telephone...more

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Eleventh Circuit Judges Question FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule

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On December 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held oral arguments in Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited (IMC) v. Federal Communication Commission (FCC), which challenges the FCC’s December 2023 order...more

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The Supreme Court - April 1, 2021

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Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) provides a private right of action for those subject to the unlawful use of an “automatic telephone dialing system,” defined in the...more

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Deference or preference – looking ahead at the impact of the US Supreme Court’s indecision on questions of agency authority

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is one of the most frequently litigated statutes, spurring individual, and more often, national class action litigation. The pace at which new TCPA suits are filed is not slowing,...more

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A Recap of the Supreme Court’s 2019 Summer Slate

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As usual, the last month of the Supreme Court’s term generated significant rulings on all manner of cases, possibly presaging the new directions the Court will be taking in administrative and regulatory law....more

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Controlled Chaos?: FCC Withdraws Overruled Portion of Solicited Fax Rule One Day After Supreme Court Accepts Review of Different...

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The TCPA jockeying continues at the FCC. As we reported on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court has just granted cert to determine whether or not the FCC’s definition of “unsolicited advertisement” in its 2006 Junk Fax Ruling...more

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From a Deference Dimension: Breaking Down the Supreme Court’s Grant of Certiorari to Consider Whether the Hobbs Act Requires...

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As reported earlier today, the Supreme Court granted the Petition for Certiorari in PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc., No. 17-1705, 2018 WL 3127423 (U.S. Nov. 13, 2018) to consider the following legal...more

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D.C. Circuit Invalidates Portion of FCC's 2015 Declaratory Ruling & Order Implementing the TCPA

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On March 16, 2018, the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited ruling in ACA International, et al. v. FCC, et al., No. 15-1211, resolving a series of challenges to the July 10 2015 Declaratory Ruling & Order of the Federal...more

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