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Robocalls
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Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Initiates Proceeding to Address Gaps in STIR/SHAKEN Robocall Defenses
The STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication standards can only technologically work on IP-based phone networks. To protect consumers, the FCC has initiated a proceeding to evaluate ways to mitigate illegally spoofed…
Canna Law Blog
TCPA Litigation: An Update
By Jihee Ahn
What is the TCPA again? For years past, we regularly counseled our clients about the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) because the cannabis industry, like many others, were being targeted…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Warns Certain Voice Providers of Removal from Robocall Mitigation Database
The FCC has released seven Enforcement Bureau orders that will remove seven voice service providers from the agency’s Robocall Mitigation Database. The FCC determined that Akabis, Cloud4, Global UC, Horizon…
State AG Blog
State AG Updates: August 4-10, 2022
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 50 attorneys general formed…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Selects USTelecom Consortium to Continue Service as Industry Robocall Traceback Group
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has selected USTelecom’s Industry Traceback Group to continue its service as the registered consortium for private-led traceback efforts, pursuant to the TRACED Act. The TRACED Act…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force Targets Facilitators of Foreign Illegal Robocalls
By Brooke Conkle, Chad R. Fuller, Virginia Bell Flynn, Sarah Siu, Clayton Friedman
Escalating efforts to crack down on illegal robocalls, state attorneys general announced on August 2 that they have established a nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. The task force comprises attorneys…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Orders All U.S. Phone Companies to Block Auto Warranty Robocall
By Gracie Kreth
The FCC has issued an Order requiring all U.S. voice providers to block traffic from a known robocall scam that markets auto warranties coming from Roy Cox, Jr., Aaron Michael…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Adopts NAL Proposing $116 Million Fine for Illegal Robocalls
The FCC has proposed a $116 million fine for robocalls made in an apparent toll-free pumping robocalling scheme by Thomas Dorsher through the following entities: ChariTel Inc.; OnTel Inc.; and…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Issues Cease and Desist Letters for Robocalls, Announces Investigation
By Gracie Kreth
In a Public Notice, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has authorized all U.S.-based service providers to block voice calls that originate from certain robocalling enterprises and has issued cease and…
Privacy World
Federal and State Actions to Protect Robocall Invasion of Consumer Privacy
By Paul Besozzi
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has continued to flex its regulatory muscles when it comes to invasion of consumer privacy via illegal telemarketing calls. The Bureau has…