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The United States Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal agency established by the Communications Act of 1934. The Commission is charged with regulating interstate and international... more +

CHEAP JEWELRY EXPENSIVE SETTLEMENT?: Zales Surrenders in $7.5MM TCPA Class Action Involving SMS Messages to DNC Numbers–and This...

Troutman Amin LLP on 9/3/2025

Well the #biglaw surrender monkeys have struck again. This time it is Zales– the diamond store– that has face-planted in a TCPA class action as a result of big law representation. Not sure when folks are going to figure this...more

COVID-19 Client Primer | Consumer Protection Enforcement Challenges in the Age of COVID-19

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 4/25/2020

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in its mission to protect consumers from deceptive and unfair commercial practices, has been particularly vigilant during the COVID-19 pandemic because of an expected increase in outright...more

Eleventh Cir. Rejects Broad Reading of “Autodialer”

Hogan Lovells on 1/31/2020

On January 27, 2020, an Eleventh Circuit panel released a landmark ruling in Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC. The key issue in the case was how to interpret ambiguous language in the Telephone Consumer...more

What Constitutes an Advertisement Under the TCPA? Two Courts Draw the Line In Recent Opinions

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/14/2019

Under the TCPA, the difference between “informational” messages and “advertisements,” or “solicitations,” can be a subtle one, and, on many occasions, a business’s TCPA liability – and quite possibly its financial stability –...more

“I’m Unavailable to Take Your Advertisement Right Now”: FCC Regulation of Direct-To-Voicemail Marketing

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/11/2017

The days of lamenting the dinnertime telemarketing call seem to have faded, but as communication technology ? particularly cell phone and smartphone usage ? has become ubiquitous, advertisers have found new avenues to...more

The FCC's TCPA Regulatory Ruling Imposes Tighter Call Restrictions

Carlton Fields on 8/6/2015

Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a long awaited declaratory ruling and order, FCC 15-72, addressing several petitions which sought clarification of or exemptions from Telephone Consumer...more

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