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Robocalls
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CommLaw Monitor
Press “1” for More Scrutiny: Congress Shows Keen Focus on Robocall Issues
By Kelley Drye
Just over a month after the D.C. Circuit struck down large portions of the FCC’s 2015 Declaratory Ruling interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), several developments on Capitol Hill…
CommLawBlog
Wrong Number! D.C. Circuit Rules on Challenges to the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Order Part IV: What’s Next – New FCC Rulemakings and Impact on Litigation
Robocalls – everyone has strong feelings about them. In many cases they serve a useful function, but they are often unwanted and/or fraudulent, and they are the largest source of…
All About Advertising Law
This Argument Is No Longer in Service: Did FCC and FTC Drop the Issue of Reassigned Numbers as a Solution to Robocalls?
By Venable LLP
On March 23, 2018, the FCC and FTC hosted a joint forum to discuss the issue of robocalls. Consisting of three panels and remarks from key leadership of both agencies,…
CommLawBlog
Wrong Number! D.C. Circuit Rules on Challenges to the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Order Part III: The Problem of Reassigned Phone Numbers
[caption id="attachment_12135" align="alignleft" width="404"] James Baker, Red Retro Telephone Minimal, No Rights Reserved[/caption] Robocalls – everyone has strong feelings about them. In many cases robocalls, or automated calls and text…
CommLawBlog
Wrong Number! D.C. Circuit Rules on Challenges to the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Order Part II: Revocation of Consumer Consent
[caption id="attachment_12895" align="alignleft" width="330"] Photo by NordWood Themes on Unsplash courtesy of the Creative Commons Licence.[/caption] Robocalls – everyone has strong feelings about them. In many cases robocalls, or automated…
CommLawBlog
Wrong Number! D.C. Circuit Rules on Challenges to the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Order Part I: The Debate Over Defining ‘Autodialer’
[caption id="attachment_13067" align="alignleft" width="405"]Photo from freestocks.org courtesy of the Creative Commons License.[/caption] Robocalls – everyone has strong feelings about them. In many cases robocalls, or automated calls and text messages,…
Privacy World
Reassigned Numbers: Sailing Towards A New TCPA “Safe Harbor?”
By Eduardo Guzmán, Paul Besozzi
Noting that some 35 million telephone numbers are disconnected and made available for reassignment to consumers annually, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) took a further step last Thursday to address…
Eye On Privacy
Federal Court Curbs FCC Robocall Restrictions
By Liisa Thomas
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently set aside two key provisions of the Federal Communication Commission’s Declaratory Ruling and Order issued in 2015. Namely, the…
Consumer Finance Monitor
FTC and FCC release tentative agenda for March 23 policy forum on robocalls
As we previously reported, on March 23, 2018 in Washington, D.C., the FTC and FCC will co-host a joint policy forum that will cover recent policy changes and enforcement actions…
CyberAdviser
D.C. Circuit TCPA Decision Gives Industry Partial Victory, but No Certainty
By Kim Phan
The decision last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on petitions seeking review of the Federal Communications Commission's 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order implementing the Telephone…