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On June 10, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a noteworthy decision for companies that find themselves contesting prerecorded voice claims. In Taylor v. Kin Insurance Inc.,...more
Regulatory enforcement priorities can vary greatly between individual states and between the states and the federal government. But as we have previously reported, there is one area where regulators across the board tend to...more
We are pleased to present our latest edition of Telephone and Texting Compliance News, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more
As we reported in April, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated a rulemaking proceeding aimed at shoring up the nation’s telecommunications networks against unlawful robocalls. The Commission’s Notice of...more
So I am on the road for a little baseball related vacation with the boys. But that won’t stop me from bringing you the latest TCPA developments! One of the biggest stories of 2025 so far is Nomorobo– a massive honeypot owner–...more
Gees keep up everyone! Moments ago I told you to expect chaos as a district court just held (for the first time) SMS Messages are NOT subject to the TCPA’s DNC rules. I told you other courts would disagree. Didn’t realize...more
A window washing company in Chicago is caught in a TCPA class action arising out of their apparent use of prerecorded calls to contact consumers. In Bulgart v. Prime Time Window Cleaning, 2025 WL 1899536 (N.D. Ill. July 9,...more
Repeat after me: Hire Big Law. Expect a Big Loss. At least in TCPAWorld. Here is ANOTHER example. In Duke v. American Express, 2025 WL 1918643 (D. Az. July 12, 2025) American Express was just needlessly required to produce...more
Manufacturers of wireless handsets that are used in the delivery of digital commercial mobile radio service within the scope of FCC Rule 20.19 are required to file information annually regarding their compliance with the...more
I’ll keep this short and sweet. The Supreme Court’s decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic v. McKesson has undeniably altered how the Telephone Consumer Protection Act will be enforced. But for companies using artificial...more
The TCPA landscape is being reshaped in real time and we’re here to bear witness. With the Supreme Court’s decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Assocs. v. McKesson Corp., No. 23-1226, 2025 U.S. LEXIS 2385 (June 20, 2025), the...more
On June 4, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on combating illegal robocalls and robotexts. The hearing, entitled “Stopping Illegal Robocalls and...more
Honeypots. Tens (hundreds?) of thousands of phone numbers owned by a single corporate subscriber. They exist merely to monitor and track calling patterns. No one is using these phones. They are monitored autonomously for a...more
TCPA insurance used to be very difficult to come by but slowly carriers are starting to write policies to protect companies from TCPA liability. Most of the policies are low limit high deductible affairs– $1MM is the max that...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • AGs Secure Contempt Ruling Against Robocaller for...more
A bipartisan coalition of seven AGs obtained an order from a federal district court holding John Spiller in contempt for allegedly continuing to engage in illegal robocalling in violation of a stipulated order that limited...more
On April 28, the FCC announced the adoption of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 25-25) aimed at closing a loophole that allows robocalls to bypass caller ID authentication tools. According to the FCC, these authentication...more
The first months of 2025 have brought a number of notable developments in TCPA litigation and compliance, kicking off with the eleventh-hour announcement by the FCC on January 24 that it would postpone the effective date of...more
On April 11, several trade associations filed joint comments urging the FCC to revise or rescind certain rules implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) which restrict non-telemarketing informational calls. In...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Illegal E-Cigarette Sales Targeted by AG Enforcement...more
The bipartisan Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force—consisting of 51 AGs—issued warning letters to nine Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers that they may be transmitting illegal robocall traffic in...more
On April 7, 2025, with just four days to spare, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) delayed the effective date of part of its impending rule regarding how companies respond to opt-out requests from individuals to a...more
Last month, we discussed the motion filed by the National Consumers League and four small business owners to intervene in the case of Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited. v. FCC. This motion aimed to challenge the Eleventh...more
On March 17, California State Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with 28 other state attorneys general, submitted an amicus brief in the FCC’s case advocating for the rule that seeks to close a loophole allowing lead...more
On March 7, the FCC issued a consumer alert about “grandparent scam” robocalls targeting elderly individuals. The alert highlighted various tactics used in the scams, including using the personal information of real people,...more