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Robocalls
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CommLawBlog
Safe Harbor Order Could Help Carriers Kick Robocalls to the Curb
On July 17, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released its latest Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Order”) attempting to stop unwanted and illegal robocalls.…
Windy City Trial Group Legal News
SCOTUS to Uncle Sam: No Robocalls without permission.
By Denny Esford
Justice Cavanaugh noted most Americans' distain, as SCOTUS tells Uncle Sam even they need permission before robocalling you. https://www.hodgsonruss.com/newsroom-publications-12540.html
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Supreme Court Weighs in on TCPA Constitutionality
By Jason C. Gavejian, Maya Atrakchi
In a much-anticipated Supreme Court decision, Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, sure to impact the future of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), the Court addressed the issue…
Consumer Class Defense Blog
A Fractured Supreme Court Strikes Down and Severs the TCPA’s Government Debt Exemption, Leaving the Rest of the Statute Intact
By Jordan Vick, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Yesterday, a divided Supreme Court issued a plurality opinion in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. (“Political Consultants”) striking down and severing a 2015 amendment to the TCPA,…
Ad Law Access
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the TCPA
By Alysa Z. Hutnik, Whitney M. Smith
On July 6, 2020, in a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the TCPA, but severed as unconstitutional the government debt exception. William P. Barr et al.…
Focus on Regulation
U.S. Supreme Court Finds TCPA’s Federal-Debts Exemption Unconstitutional; Leaves Rest of TCPA Intact
By Mark Brennan, Arpan Sura, Ambia Harper
Supreme Court held that the TCPA’s federal-debts exemption is a content-based law that violated the First Amendment and severed the exemption from the TCPA.
Data Protection Report
Cell phones, robocalls, and text messages – two pronouncements
By David Kessler (US), Susan Ross (US)
On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of the federal law that prohibits “robocalls” to cell phones but struck down the exception for collection of debts owed…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Death by a Thousand Cuts? Supreme Court Finds Government Debt Exception to TCPA Unconstitutional, Opening Door to Similar Attacks on FCC Regulations
By Lisa Yun Pruitt, Shannon Petersen
On July 6, 2020, the United States Supreme Court affirmed a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which found that an exception allowing government debt-related robocalls…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Death by a Thousand Cuts? Supreme Court Finds Government Debt Exception to TCPA Unconstitutional, Opening Door to Similar Attacks on FCC Regulations
By Lisa Yun Pruitt, Shannon Petersen
On July 6, 2020, the United States Supreme Court affirmed a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which found that an exception allowing government debt-related robocalls…
NextGen Financial Services Report
TCPA Protection Against Robocalls Upheld. Did the Supreme Court Sacrifice the Right of Free Speech For the Sake of Rescuing a Bad Statute?
By Laura C. Baucus, Erin A. Sedmak
In a closely monitored case, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the restriction on robocalls under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) of 1991 but struck the Act’s government debt-collection…