The Federal Communications Commission recently announced that it is postponing the one-to-one consent rule for at least one year. Implementation of the rule would have significantly altered the requirements for obtaining...more
On Nov. 21, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission issued a declaratory ruling and order finding that “ringless voicemails” to wireless phones are “calls” made using an artificial or prerecorded voice. Such calls,...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every facet of society in unpredictable ways, and the laws and regulations governing calls and text messages are no exception. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a...more
Nearly two and a half years following the appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) July 2015 Order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a ruling on March 16, 2018. On appeal, over a...more
On March 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule requiring that solicited fax advertisements contain a notice on how to opt out of future faxes. Following...more
On October 19, 2016, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument in ACA International v. FCC, the closely followed consolidated appeal of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC’s) 2015...more