Arpan Sura

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Blogs: Focus on Regulation, Global Media and Communications Watch, HL Chronicle of Data Protection

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California Enacts Another CCPA – Robocall Legislation

By Mark Brennan, Arpan Sura & John Castle on October 9, 2019

On October 2, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019 to address the rise in deceptive robocalls and protect California consumers from fraudulent calls. The law requires telecommunications service providers to implement Secure Telephony Identity Revisited (STIR) and Secure Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN) protocols by January 1, 2021. These protocols are designed to attest to the authenticity of caller identification data and provide service providers with…

Focus on Regulation

California Enacts Another CCPA – Robocall Legislation

By Mark Brennan, Arpan Sura & John Castle on October 9, 2019

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

U.S. Supreme Court Sidesteps Important TCPA Deference Issues

By Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on June 27, 2019

On June 20, 2019, the Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in PDR v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic. The Court was expected to provide greater clarity about the extent to which litigants can challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) interpretations in private litigation. Instead of deciding that issue, however, the Court vacated the Fourth Circuit’s ruling and remanded the case for further development. How the Fourth Circuit rules on…

Global Media and Communications Watch

U.S. Supreme Court Sidesteps Important TCPA Deference Issues

By Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on June 24, 2019

Focus on Regulation

U.S. Supreme Court Sidesteps Important TCPA Deference Issues

By Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on June 24, 2019

Focus on Regulation

Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe

By Winston Maxwell, Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on March 20, 2019

A Hogan Lovells study comparing of regulatory requirements in the European Union, United States, and China shows the complexity and uncertainty of the regulatory framework relevant to Internet of Things (IoT) in Europe. The number of telecoms regulatory constraints affecting IoT in the EU is almost twice as high as in the United States and China. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai compares the global race to 5G with World Cup football: “When it…

Global Media and Communications Watch

Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe

By Winston Maxwell, Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on March 20, 2019

Focus on Regulation

Hogan Lovells publishes Demystifying the U.S. CLOUD Act

By Winston Maxwell, Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on January 16, 2019

Hogan Lovells has published Demystifying the U.S. CLOUD Act, a detailed analysis of the impact of the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act) on non-U.S. businesses and individuals who use cloud storage solutions. Demystifying the U.S. CLOUD Act was written by Hogan Lovells partners Winston Maxwell and Mark Brennan, and senior associate Arpan Sura.…

Global Media and Communications Watch

Hogan Lovells publishes Demystifying the U.S. CLOUD Act

By Winston Maxwell, Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on January 16, 2019

Global Media and Communications Watch

Eighth Circuit Finds that Bare “Technical Violations” of the TCPA Do Not Establish Standing

By Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on September 6, 2018

In St. Louis Heart Center v. Nomax, Inc., the Eighth Circuit held that an “alleged failure to provide a technically compliant opt-out notice” in a fax advertisement, without more, does not give a plaintiff Article III standing to bring a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) claim. The Eighth Circuit’s decision requires that the alleged injury be “traceable” to statutory non-compliance. In other words, the plaintiff must show a causal connection between the harm she…

Arpan Sura

California Enacts Another CCPA – Robocall Legislation

California Enacts Another CCPA – Robocall Legislation

U.S. Supreme Court Sidesteps Important TCPA Deference Issues

U.S. Supreme Court Sidesteps Important TCPA Deference Issues

U.S. Supreme Court Sidesteps Important TCPA Deference Issues

Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe

Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe

Hogan Lovells publishes Demystifying the U.S. CLOUD Act

Hogan Lovells publishes Demystifying the U.S. CLOUD Act

Eighth Circuit Finds that Bare “Technical Violations” of the TCPA Do Not Establish Standing

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