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Robocalls
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Inside Privacy
FCC Continues TRACED Act Implementation, Proposes to Expand Scope of Permissible Call Blocking
Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took additional steps to implement the various mandates in the TRACED Act (discussed here and here), which was enacted late last year to help…
Media Law Prof Blog
FCC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: One-Ring Scam Calls
The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the matter of one-ring scam calls. “One-ring scams are annoying and pernicious, waking up many Americans with confusing calls in the…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
DOJ Goes After Fake Robocalls, Phone Scams
According to a press release that was released at the end of March, from the United States Department of Justice, telecommunications carriers from both New York and Arizona have been…
Ad Law Access
Ad Law Access Podcast: Update on ATDS Definition Under the TCPA
By Kelley Drye
Recently the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion providing its definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under the TCPA. That sets up a severe split of…
CommLaw Monitor
FCBA CLE: “Dealing with Robocalls: The Continued Battle Against Robocalls and Unfinished Business with the TCPA”
By Kelley Drye
The FCBA Privacy and Data Security Committee will present a virtual CLE on Tuesday, April 21 from 3:00 – 5:20 p.m. entitled “Dealing with Robocalls: The Continued Battle Against Robocalls…
Ad Law Access
FCC/FTC Stake out Aggressive Robocall Position, Tell Gateway VoIP Providers to Block COVID-19 Robocalls – or Be Blocked Themselves
By Alysa Z. Hutnik, Kelley Drye, Chris Laughlin
The FTC and FCC have taken a number of actions to stem unlawful robocalls generally and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to stem harmful and deceptive calls that seek to exploit the COVID-19…
CommLaw Monitor
FCC/FTC Stake out Aggressive Robocall Position, Tell Gateway VoIP Providers to Block COVID-19 Robocalls – or Be Blocked Themselves
The FTC and FCC have taken a number of actions to stem unlawful robocalls generally and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to stem harmful and deceptive calls that seek to exploit…
CommLawBlog
You May Get Some More Robocalls, Thanks to COVID-19 – But Maybe Not So Much
By FHH Law
On March 25, 2020, we blogged that the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) had issued a Declaratory Ruling under the Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), that the coronavirus pandemic constitutes an “emergency”…
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FTC Sends Warning Letters to VOIP Companies Over COVID-19 Robocalls
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued warning letters to nine Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) service providers to warn them that “assisting and facilitating” illegal telemarketing or robocalls related to…
Inside Privacy
FCC Continues Implementation of TRACED Act with SHAKEN/STIR Mandate and Industry Traceback Consortium
With the adoption of two recent orders, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) continues to implement the TRACED Act. In the first of these orders, the FCC established a deadline by…