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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Telecommunication Consumer Protection Act (TCPA): Update and Practical Guidance
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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
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
As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes ubiquitous, news stories regarding the use (and abuse) of deepfakes—that is, AI-generated media used to impersonate real individuals—are increasingly common. For example,...more
Supreme Court leaves TCPA intact; strikes down exception for government debt collection - The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) remains in place, but the exception permitting robocalls for government debt...more
Will anything stop the continuing barrage of class action lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)? In 2020, TCPA lawsuits remained one of the most commonly-filed type of class action in federal courts...more
Welcome! Welcome to the new format of All Consuming . We listened to the feedback. A newsletter filled with long articles gives the detailed information some are looking for but becomes another thing that others have to...more
With a major U.S. Supreme Court decision leading the way, recent developments continue to reshape the landscape of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more
COVID-19 has closed courts and delayed hearings and trials across the country, but developments concerning the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system have continued unabated. Over the past few months, courts have...more
The Situation: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") prohibits unconsented calls or texts made "using an automatic telephone dialing system" ("ATDS"), defined as "equipment which has the capacity—(1) to store or...more
Key Points - On January 27, 2020, the 11th Circuit held that telephone equipment must randomly or sequentially generate numbers in order to constitute an “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) under the Telephone...more
On January 27, 2020, an Eleventh Circuit panel released a landmark ruling in Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC. The key issue in the case was how to interpret ambiguous language in the Telephone Consumer...more
The legislation and litigation regarding unwanted calls remain alive and well and show no signs of ending anytime soon. With recent statutes enacted by the federal and New York State legislatures, telemarketing and debt...more
Enacted in 1991 to stem the tide of telemarketing calls, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) restricts “the making of telemarketing calls and the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or...more
In a welcome win to defendants fighting TCPA fax class actions, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (the Bureau) issued a declaratory ruling finding that a facsimile sent to...more
The 2016 amendments to the TCPA—which created an exemption for calls that are made “solely to collect a debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States”—have inadvertently reshaped the way that TCPA claims are litigated....more
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
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions: PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc., No. 17-1705: Petitioner PDR produces the Physicians’ Desk Reference, which is distributed to health...more
In 1943, the United States Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of an ordinance that prohibited door knocking in Martin v. Struthers, 319 U.S. 141 (1943). The Supreme Court, in its landmark free speech decision,...more
Real Property Update - • Foreclosure / Reverse Mortgage / Condition Precedent: bank failed to establish that the subject property was not the principal residence of surviving co-borrower under its reverse mortgage, a...more
A recent decision by a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has significant – and possibly costly – implications for loan servicers and...more
With Hobbs Act Case Pending in Supreme Court, 4th Circuit’s Decision May Implicate Fate of Other FCC-Created Exceptions and Allowances Under TCPA’s Automated-Call Ban - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has...more
First Amendment challenges to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) are in the midst of a revival. The TCPA makes it unlawful to call or text a cell phone using an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) or...more
2018 wasn’t supposed to end like this. With the long-awaited ACA Int’l ruling finally handed down--predictably overruling the FCC’s disastrous 2015 TCPA Omnibus Ruling–and with the fate of the TCPA seemingly resting in the...more
Last Wednesday, most of us received a jarring alert on our cellphones at approximately 2:18 p.m. (EST) It read, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless System. No action is required.” This was a test of the Wireless...more
I’ve said enough on the subject of the watered-down version of strict scrutiny being applied to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and how that might impact the future of free speech in the country. And here are...more