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US Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow Against the Administrative State

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Key takeaways - - Federal district courts are no longer required to defer to the FCC's interpretation of statutes in civil enforcement proceedings. - Regulated entities can now challenge prior federal agency interpretations...more

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TCPA Quiet Hours Telemarketing and Consent

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Does prior express written consent permit calls/texts to consumers during the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) proscribed quiet hours? As our readers know, the FCC is now considering this very issue insofar as it...more

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McLaughlin Chiropractic: US Supreme Court Invites New Era of TCPA Jurisprudence

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In a landmark development for lawsuits brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), on June 20, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued its widely anticipated decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v....more

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The Supreme Court Reins in Agency Power Again: What McKesson Means for TCPA Litigation

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The Supreme Court recently signaled a further shift away from judicial deference to administrative rulings. The question of whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA or “the Act”) covers online faxes (think your...more

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In TCPA Case, SCOTUS Rules District Courts Are Not Bound by Final FCC Orders

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Key Takeaways: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Hobbs Act does not require district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to follow federal administrative agencies’ legal interpretations of federal statutes....more

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BREAKING: THEY DID IT!!: SCOTUS Guts the Hobbs Act! District Courts Free to Disregard FCC TCPA Rulings in Civil Enforcement...

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Supreme Court just handed down the widely-watched decision in McLaughlin Chriopractric v. McKesson. Held: The Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to an agency’s interpretation of a...more

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Leveling—or Blowing Up—the Hobbs Act Playing Field?

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The Administrative Order Review Act (better known as the "Hobbs Act") grants "exclusive jurisdiction" to the federal courts of appeals to "determine the validity" of most FCC orders and rules and certain other agency orders....more

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SCOTUS Rejects FCC Edicts: Courts are (Finally) Free to Interpret the TCPA

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In a highly anticipated decision with broad implications for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) litigants, on June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v....more

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Supreme Court: Hobbs Act does not require federal courts to defer to FCC

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On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., holding that the federal Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to a...more

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SCOTUS: Hobbs Act Does Not Bind District Courts to FCC’s Statute Interpretation

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Following in the wake of last years’ Loper Bright and Relentless, Inc. decisions that ended agency deference, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in McLaughlin Chiropractic Assoc., Inc. v. McKesson Corp. that the Hobbs Act...more

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Sixth Circuit Gives Insight on a Post-Chevron World: What the Set Aside of Net Neutrality Tells Us About Scope of Agency Power

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We have previously written about two consolidated cases (Loper Bright and Relentless), in which the Supreme Court reversed a decades-old rule known as the Chevron doctrine. Broadly, the Chevron doctrine required courts to...more

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Supreme Court to consider FCC's power to interpret the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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The United States Supreme Court will hear the case McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, which poses the question of whether federal district courts, under the Hobbs Act, must adhere to the rulings...more

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Telecommunications Law and Policy in a Post-Chevron World

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As summarized by our Government Division colleagues last week, the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., holding that...more

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Fourth Circuit Revisits FCC TCPA Deference Issues Following PDR Network

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Questions over the extent to which district courts must defer to FCC rulings have had a significant impact over key legal issues that drive outcomes in the TCPA litigation. Prior to the Supreme Court’s opinion in PDR Network,...more

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