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State AG Blog
State AG Updates: June 8-21, 2023
By Toni Michelle Jackson, Suzanne Giammalva
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates. Multistate A coalition of 28 state attorneys general…
State AG Blog
State AG Updates: May 18-24, 2023
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates. Multistate The state attorneys general comprising the Anti-Robocall…
Regulatory Oversight
Twenty-Eight AGs Call for Stricter FCC Spam Call and Text Rules
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On June 8, a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general issued a letter, supporting the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) proposal to close a "loophole" that currently allows lead generators to…
All About Advertising Law
FCC Proposes Codifying New TCPA Consent Rules in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
By Craig A. Gilley, Jay Prapaisilp
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking intending to strengthen consumers’ ability to revoke consent to receive both robocalls and robotexts, in addition to strengthening…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Adopts NPRM to Strengthen Consumer Rights to Stop Robocalls
By Gracie Kreth
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to codify and strengthen consumers’ rights to revoke their consent to receive robocalls and robotexts. The FCC proposal allows consumers to…
All About Advertising Law
FCC Levies $5 Million Fine for Political Calling Campaign That Violated the TCPA
As part of a broader campaign to go after "robocall" violations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a $5,134,500 fine against a company and its owners for making 1,141…
TCPA Defense Force Blog
Class Action Settlement Preliminarily Approved for “Wrong Number” Calls Suggests Wisdom of Scrubbing for Validity of Called Numbers
Written by Meg Corry and Marty Stern
Regulatory Oversight
Forty-Nine AGs Sue Telecommunications Company Over Illegal Robocalls
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On May 23, 49 state attorneys general sued Avid Telecom, its owner, and vice president for allegedly facilitating billions of robocalls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Expands Robocall Blocking Rules
To ensure greater robocall protections for consumers, the FCC has expanded robocall blocking rules by extending several call blocking requirements to include voice service providers that are not currently covered…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
Enforcement Bureau Issues First RoboBlocking Order Against One Eye
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has ordered voice service providers to block and cease accepting traffic from international gateway provider One Eye LLC (One Eye). In February, One Eye received…