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Robocalls
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Mahany Law Blog
Texas Robocall Lawyer
By Brian Mahany
How to Stop Nuisance Calls in Texas How to Stop Those Annoying Telemarketers and Get an Award of Monetary Damages Too (Texas Robocall Lawyer Post) Americans received 58.9 billion robocalls…
Ride the Lightning
FBI Investigating Suspicious Robocalls Warning Voters to “Stay Safe and Stay Home”
As I write, we do not know the outcome of the Presidential election. What we do know is that there were (and perhaps continue to be) efforts to interfere with…
Privacy Zone
TCPA Subject to Supreme Court Scrutiny (Again) – What Exactly is Autodialing?
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was passed in 1991 and is known by many as the law that created the “do-not-call” rules. The statute includes a number of restrictions…
CommLawBlog
FCC Adopts STIR/SHAKEN Rules to Combat Illegal Robocalls
By FHH Law
The Federal Communications Commission recently released a Report and Order (“Order”) to promote the use of the STIR/SHAKEN framework (which we wrote a useful primer on) in combatting caller ID…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Will the Passing of Justice Ginsburg Impact the Future of the TCPA?
By Jason C. Gavejian, Maya Atrakchi
The passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will likely bring with it many shifts in the Court on key issues, among which are matters regarding the Telephone…
RopesDataPhiles
$925M TCPA Robocall Award Upheld
By Ropes & Gray
A federal judge in Oregon, Hon. Michael H. Simon, has recently upheld a $925 million statutory damages award against health supplement maker ViSalus for its violation of the Telephone Consumer…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
ViSalus to Pay $925 Million Award for Alleged TCPA Violations
Last month, an Oregon federal judge refused ViSalus’ request to decrease the $925 million jury award against it for its alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). ViSalus,…
RopesDataPhiles
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the TCPA But Severs the Government Debt Carve-Out on First Amendment Grounds
By Ropes & Gray
The Supreme Court generally upheld the constitutionality of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Dkt. No. 19-631, issued on July 6, 2020. …
The Brand Protection Blog
SCOTUS Strikes Down Goverment Loan TCPA Exception
By Saul Perloff (US), Peter A. Stokes, Andy Guo (US)
After spawning hundreds of class actions over the alleged use of auto-dialed phone calls and text messages, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has finally made its way to the…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FCC Partnership to Fight Robocalls
On July 27, 2020, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission designated the Industry Traceback Group as the FCC’s official consortium for coordinating efforts to trace illegal robocalls.