Since the publication of BCLP’s latest telemarketing alert, Don’t Mess with Texas! How Will Texas’s Amendment to Its State Telemarketing Law Impact Litigation?, many clients have reached out to us wondering if their...more
On June 20, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed Texas SB140 into law, significantly amending Texas’s telemarketing statute, which is part of the Texas Business and Commerce Code (“TBCC”). The amendments will take...more
7/15/2025
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On April 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced that it would delay portions of a significant new rule pertaining to the revocation of consumer consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more
On April 4, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) revealed that it will not support a rehearing of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) 1:1 consent requirement for robocalls/texts (“1:1 Consent Rule”)...more
4/9/2025
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The legal world has been abuzz with news of the Federal Communications Commission's One-to-One Consent Rule, which was vacated by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals last month. However, an additional new FCC rule warrants...more
Two major developments hit the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) landscape on January 24, 2025, just three days before the new Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) new rule requiring telemarketers to obtain...more
On January 27, 2025, the new Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) rule requiring telemarketers to obtain one-to-one consent for robocalls/texts is scheduled to go into effect. Expanding on the Telephone Consumer...more
1/22/2025
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On February 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted the Draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Report and Order”) that it released last month under the Telephone Consumer...more
Does your business use text message marketing, telemarketing or faxing? If so, you may be exposing yourself to multi-million dollar liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”), which restricts...more