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FCC Considers Significant Overhaul of Nation’s Alert and Warning Systems

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On August 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to reexamine the nation’s warning and alert systems, including the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)...more

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FCC Publishes Robotexting Report and Order and FNPRM in the Federal Register

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On April 11, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) published a Report and Order (R&O) in the Federal Register, setting an effective date of May 11, 2023 for certain of its rules. The R&O establishes...more

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FCC Proposes Mobile Phone E911 Vertical Location Accuracy Standard

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At its March 15 Open Meeting, the FCC intends to vote on a Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“FNPRM”) in its Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements proceeding that would consider adoption of a vertical, or...more

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D.C. Circuit Rejects FCC’s Interpretation of Automatic Telephone Dialing System Under TCPA

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As retailers continue to be sued for alleged violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), a long-awaited ruling by the D.C. Circuit on the FCC’s 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order (“2015 Order”) may provide...more

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D.C. Circuit Shuts Down Rite Aid’s Challenge to Expand Healthcare Exemptions under the TCPA and HIPAA

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On March 16, 2018, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a groundbreaking decision in ACA Int’l v. FCC, No. 15-1211, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6535 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 16, 2018) (“ACA Int’l“) that...more

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Autodialer Junction, What’s Your Function? D.C. Circuit Reverses FCC’s Internally Inconsistent Interpretations of ATDS...

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The D.C. Circuit’s reversal of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or “Commission”) pronouncements as to “the precise functions that a device must have capacity to perform for it to be considered an ATDS,” will...more

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Call connected: DC Circuit finally weighs in, rejects significant parts of the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 TCPA order

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In a long-awaited ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit trimmed the expansive scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The appellants, in ACA International v. Federal Communications Commission...more

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D.C. Circuit Holds that FCC’s Interpretation of the Term “Capacity” is Invalid Because It Makes Nearly Every American a...

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The D.C. Circuit has rejected the FCC’s “impermissibly expansive” interpretation of what constitutes an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”) under the TCPA. ACA Int’l v. FCC, No. 15-1211, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6535...more

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D.C. Circuit Issues Long-Awaited Decision in ACA Challenge to FCC TCPA Rulemaking

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On March 16, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in ACA International v. FCC, invalidating several key pieces of the FCC’s 2015 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...more

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D.C. Circuit Dooms “Idiosyncratic” or “Imaginative” TCPA Revocation Efforts While Blessing Contractual Revocation Provisions in...

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Nearly a year-and-a-half after oral argument on the ACA International v. FCC petition for review of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or “Commission”) 2015 Omnibus Order (or “Omnibus”), the D.C. Circuit Court of...more

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D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Sets Aside FCC’s Definition of “Called Party” Under the TCPA—What Comes Next?

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) makes it unlawful to make autodialed calls without the prior express consent of the “called party.” 47 USC §227(b)(1)(A). ...more

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ATDS, WTF? The DC Circuit Dismantles the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Order

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Following the FCC’s 2015 Telephone Consumer Protection Act Omnibus Order, following ten consolidated appeals of the Order filed shortly thereafter, and following an oral argument in 2016, on March 16, 2018 the DC Circuit...more

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The D.C. Circuit Issues a Split Ruling on the FCC’s 2015 Omnibus TCPA Order

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The long-awaited ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) 2015 Omnibus Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) order was finally released on...more

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TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker

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Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more

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New FCC and Administration Initiatives Adopted to Support the Internet of Things

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The Federal Communications Commission and the Obama administration recently adopted several important initiatives to facilitate innovation in and rapid deployment of the nascent Internet of Things (IoT). The FCC identified...more

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Third Circuit Gives TCPA Autodialer Plaintiffs Staying Power

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently became the first federal appellate court to apply the Federal Communications Commission’s declaratory ruling that expanded the notion of what constitutes an...more

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FCC Releases Guidance on Autodialing and Pre-Recorded Voice Calls to Wireless Phone Numbers

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This past July, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a ruling (the “Ruling”) interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TPCA”) restrictions on certain communications to wireless telephone numbers....more

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FCC Clarifies Its Interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Provoking Strong Objections From the Business...

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On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a 140-page Omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order in response to more than two dozen petitions from businesses, attorneys general, and consumers seeking...more

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TCPA News: Businesses May be Liable to New Owners of Previously-Opted-In Mobile Numbers

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On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission issued a 138-page Declaratory Ruling and Order approving nearly two dozen proposals to the rules and regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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TracFone Settles Handset Unlocking Proceeding

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On July 1, 2015, TracFone Wireless, Inc. reached a settlement with the FCC concerning an investigation into TracFone’s handset locking and unlocking practices. The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau had been investigating whether...more

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