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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.

AI-Generated Voice Calls: New Tech, Old Rules

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/28/2024

The FCC reminded companies this month that calls containing “artificial or prerecorded voices” are regulated by TCPA. And, that the FCC considers AI-generated voices to be just the kind of “artificial” that fall within the...more

5 TCPA Class Action Trends to Watch in 2018 – Legislation, Administrative Law & Litigation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/1/2018

Have the GOP’s Hopes for Enacting the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act Been Dashed? – Passed in March 2017 by the U.S. House of Representatives, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, H.R. 985, has...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

FCC Signals Enforcement of TCPA "Prior Express Written Consent" Rules

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/18/2015

In a letter published on June 11, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Enforcement Bureau expressed "serious concern" about PayPal's use of a website user agreement to obtain prior express written consent to...more

New FCC Interpretation Of "Express Consent" To Increase TCPA Class Action Liability

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/13/2013

Plaintiffs frequently sue businesses in class actions for violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (the “TCPA”). The TCPA generally prohibits calls and text messages to cell phones using...more

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