Update July 09: The FCC has issued a Public Notice announcing that beginning July 27, 2020, voice service providers must begin maintaining records of the most recent date each phone number was permanently disconnected and...more
Update July 09: The Supreme Court has agreed to resolve the circuit split on the autodialer issue by granting the petition for certiorari in the Facebook v. Duguid case, in what will surely be one of the most closely watched...more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., affirming the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit's holding that the "government-debt" exception to the Telephone...more
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FCC Asks "Gateway Service Providers" to Help Traceback Efforts of Foreign-Originating Calls, While FTC Warns VoIP Providers Against Facilitating Violations -
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has deepened the split among federal appeals courts as to what constitutes an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS, or “autodialer”) for purposes of equipment restrictions...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Second Report and Order in its Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Robocalls proceeding to create a comprehensive database of phone numbers subject to reassignment...more
On September 20, 2018, in Marks v. Crunch San Diego, the Ninth Circuit became the latest federal appeals court to weigh in after the D.C. Circuit’s decision last March invalidating the Federal Communications Commission’s...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Public Notice seeking comment on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (or “autodialer”), potential liability...more
On Friday March 16, 2018 the D.C. Circuit issued its long awaited decision on various challenges to the Federal Communication Commissions (FCC) 2015 Omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order (Omnibus Order) on the Telephone...more