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Troutman Amin LLP

ROBOCALLS ON THE RISE: Latest Robocall Index Update Confirms Trend– Robocalls Up Nearly 20% YoY

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Well Americans have endured 3 billion more robocalls in 2025 than in 2024 according to YouMail’s famous Robocall Index. The Index reveals Americans received 4,829,181,100 robocalls in May, 2025 as opposed to 4,480,264,800 in...more

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Debt Collection Industry Advocates for Revocation of Burdensome TCPA Rules

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In response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) request for input on unnecessary compliance burdens, the debt collection industry, led by ACA International, is advocating for significant reforms to the Telephone...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trusty Confirmation Hearing at the Senate Commerce Committee Focuses on Broadband, Auction Authority and National Security

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Olivia Trusty, nominee for the open Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Commissioner position, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Trusty has...more

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FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for April 2025 Open Meeting

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On April 7, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a tentative agenda for its next Open Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 28 at 10:30 a.m. ET. The Commission released...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Eleventh Circuit Vacates FCC’s TCPA One-to-One Consent Rule on Eve of Effective Date

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On Friday, January 24, 2025, just one business day before it was to take effect on January 27, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) One-to-One Consent Rule that was adopted as an...more

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UPDATE: 11th Circuit Vacates FCC’s One-to-One TCPA Consent Rule

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While Monday was the original compliance deadline for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) new one-to-one consent requirement under its Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations, a decision...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Eleventh Circuit Vacates FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule; FCC Issues Stay

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In a previous post, we discussed the oral arguments held on December 18, 2024, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in the case of Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited (IMC) v. Federal Communications...more

Adams & Reese

FCC’s 1:1 Consent Rule Delayed Then Struck Down on Eve of Implementation Date

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On the final business day before it was to go into effect, the FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule, which redefines consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, was delayed for one year by FCC order. Minutes later, the new...more

Perkins Coie

TCPA One-to-One Consent Rules Go Into Effect January 2025

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Each year, robocalls account for hundreds of thousands of consumer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—more than all other complaints combined. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which is...more

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FCC Continues Focus on AI, Targeting Robocalls and Political Advertisements

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On September 27, 2024, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel gave a speech on AI regulation by the FCC, highlighting her goal of improving transparency in the use of AI technology in the communications industry. The speech...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Confirms TCPA Bars AI-Generated Voices, Adopts New Consent...

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Commission Declares TCPA Prohibits AI-Generated Voices - Following up on January’s update, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Declaratory Ruling that confirms that the prohibitions in the Telephone...more

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AGs Urge the Federal Government to Regulate AI in Telemarketing

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North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein led a bipartisan effort urging the federal government to impose stricter regulations on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in telemarketing. The collective push involved 26...more

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FCC Proposes Probe into AI in Robocalls

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Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Ronsenworcel recently announced a proposed directive to focus the FCC on AI’s burgeoning role in scam calls, particularly those targeting the elderly. The proposal will be...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Twenty-Eight AGs Call for Stricter FCC Spam Call and Text Rules

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On June 8, a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general issued a letter, supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to close a “loophole” that currently allows lead generators to collect and sell...more

Shipkevich PLLC

2022 TCPA Recent Recap — Litigation Updates & Regulatory Round Up

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September 2022 Action Clarifies Only Random Calls Trigger TCPA Violations — Not Mere Use of An Autodialer - Mehl v. Green, et al. 2022 WL 4056269 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 2, 2022) - A law firm was recently sued after one of its...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Spring Roster of FCC Actions: State-Federal Partnerships, Enforcement Actions, and Reassigned Numbers Database Clarifications and...

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The FCC’s TCPA dockets did not witness many developments from the beginning of 2022 until February. However, beginning in February and into March, Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s office and the Enforcement Bureau were busy...more

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FCC Proposes New Regulations on Gateway Providers; Defers Enforcement on Foreign Provider Prohibition

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At the September 30, 2021 Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Fifth Further Notice of Proposing Rulemaking (FNPRM) that proposes additional regulatory requirements on the gateway...more

Burr & Forman

Glasser v. Hilton: Citing Principles of Statutory Interpretation, the Eleventh Circuit Drastically Reduces the Scope of TCPA

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA” or the “Act”) has limited telephone calls that can be placed using certain automated equipment since 1991.  However, since passage of the Act there has been considerable debate...more

Hogan Lovells

Congress Passes Bipartisan Robocall Legislation

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On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act (S. 151), which the House of Representatives passed in a 417-3 vote earlier...more

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With Regulators Increasing Focus on Spam Robocalls, Arkansas Follows Other States in Passing Anti-Spoofing Privacy Law

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Unwanted robocalls reportedly totaled 26.3 billion calls in 2018, sparking more and more consumer complaints to the FCC and FTC and increased legislative and regulatory activity to combat the practice. Some automated calls...more

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John Oliver Attacks Robocalls; State AGs and Senators Throw Support Behind TRACED Act

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With a year-over-year rise in the number of consumer complaints about illegal, scam calls, pressure is mounting for elected official to be tough on robocalls. Indeed, pressure was ratcheted up even further this week when...more

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REDIAL: 2016 TCPA Year In Review – Analysis of Critical Issues and Trends

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The Sutherland TCPA team has published its third annual REDIAL: 2016 TCPA YEAR IN REVIEW – ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL ISSUES AND TRENDS. This publication reflects our in-depth analysis of significant Telephone Consumer...more

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