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All About Advertising Law
“The Number on the Matchbook is Old and Faded”: Federal Court Issues First-of-Its-Kind Ruling on Reassigned Number Liability Under the TCPA
By Venable LLP
We love us some Jim Croce here at Venable and his 1972 ballad, Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels), is resonating with us right now. In Operator, Croce sings…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Sunrun Settles Robocall Suit for $5.5 Million
Although it denies liability or wrongdoing, Sunrun Inc. has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a potential class action case alleging it of calling numbers on the Do Not…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Businesses Yet to See Major Relief from TCPA Lawsuits Following ACA International Decision
By Neil K. Gilman, Perie Reiko Koyama
The D.C. Circuit’s much-awaited decision in ACA International v. Federal Communications Commission earlier this year set aside much of the FCC’s prior interpretation of what qualifies as an “automatic telephone…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Bills Introduced to Amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
By Mark Brennan
Both Chambers of Congress are considering legislation that would amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Introduced in the House by Congressman Pallone (H.R. 6026) and in the Senate (S.…
Focus on Regulation
Bills Introduced to Amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
By Mark Brennan
Both Chambers of Congress are considering legislation that would amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Introduced in the House by Congressman Pallone (H.R. 6026) and in the Senate (S.…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Supreme Judicial Court Rules Robocalls are Harassment
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled this week in favor of a consumer who sued Target, alleging that it harassed her with robocalls. The plaintiff applied for a Target…
CommLawBlog
Let’s Try This Again – FCC Seeks Comments on TCPA/Robocall Issues Remanded By D.C. Circuit.
Like telemarketing “robocalls” that never seem to go away, the FCC’s attempts to clarify important and difficult statutory and regulatory issues under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) seem to…
All About Advertising Law
Court to Agency: Is That Your Final Answer on Soundboard Technology?
By Venable LLP
In a blow to the soundboard industry, the D.C. Circuit recently ruled in Soundboard Association v. FTC, No. 1:17-cv-00150 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 27, 2018) that the Federal Trade Commission's November…
CommLaw Monitor
FCC Imposes Record-Setting $120 Million Fine for Spoofed Robocall Campaign
By Kelley Drye
In the largest forfeiture ever imposed by the agency, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a $120 million fine against Adrian Abramovich and the companies he controlled for placing over…
Consumer Finance Monitor
D.C. Circuit rejects challenge to FTC opinion applying TSR robocall consent requirement to calls made using soundboard technology
By John L. Culhane, Jr., Daniel JT McKenna
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has rejected a trade group’s attempt to invalidate a November 2016 FTC opinion in which the agency concluded that outbound telemarketing…