Topic
Robocalls
455 published works
Consumer Protection Connection
FCC Grants TCPA Relief to Energy Utilities and Schools
On August 4, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Declaratory Ruling granting in part two separate petitions that were filed last year – one by the Edison Electric…
Beyond Telecom Law Blog
FCC Grants Significant TCPA Relief to Energy Utilities and Schools
On August 4, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Declaratory Ruling granting in part two separate petitions that were filed last year – one by the Edison Electric…
CommLaw Monitor
FCC Chairman Wheeler Turns to the FCC Blog to Encourage Robocall Blocking
By Kelley Drye
On July 22, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler penned a blog post on the Commission’s website highlighting the efforts at the agency to prevent unwanted automated and prerecorded message calls restricted…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Federal government and their contractors immune from TCPA restrictions
Last week, on July 5, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an opinion stating that robocalls made by the federal government (or its contractors) are exempt from the Telephone Consumer…
Technology Law Dispatch
Federal Court Finds Intangible Harm Caused by Robocalls Sufficient for Post-Spokeo Standing in TCPA Claim Alleging Privacy Invasion
By Brian J. Willett, Judith L. Harris
In an instructive opinion on how intangible harms can cause injuries sufficient to confer standing on plaintiffs—and a rare example of the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest ruling on standing aiding…
Financial Services Observer
FCC Proposes Rules to Limit the Use of Robocalls to Collect Debts Owed to or Guaranteed by the United States
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed rules to implement a provision in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Budget Act) that allows robocalls (i.e., calls made with an automatic…
Ad Law Access
FCC Approves Release of NPRM to Implement Government Debt TCPA Exemption
By Kelley Drye
On May 4, 2016, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to exempt robocalls made to collect “a debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States” from the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Robocalls offering ‘free cruise’ for completion of political survey TCPA violation
This week an Illinois court found that Economic Strategy Group (ESG) violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by making robocalls to almost 1 million individuals purporting to be conducting…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Political Robocalls Are Subject to TCPA Rules: Reminder from Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Advisory
By Paul Besozzi, Squire Patton Boggs
The presidential campaign is well underway in the U.S., even though the election is over 6 months away. Many candidates reach out to the public through automated phone calls or…
All About Advertising Law
State Attorneys General Tell Senate to HANGUP on Robocalls
By Jonathan L. Pompan, Kevin L. Turner
On February 10, a bipartisan coalition of 25 state attorneys general, led by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, sent a letter to the Senate Committee…