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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Telecommunication Consumer Protection Act (TCPA): Update and Practical Guidance
Robocall Update: New Call Authentication Order and Obligations, Explained
The TCPA: Basics, Targeted Industries, and Trends
The FCC continues to intensify its war on robocalls, cutting off more than 1,200 voice service providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database for failing to comply per the FCC’s announcement today. This massive sweeping...more
The Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, a bipartisan coalition of 51 AGs, has launched “Operation Robocall Roundup,” a multistate effort to crack down on robocalls across the country. As part of the operation,...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
So I was out of the office for a little while taking my kids on a tour of MLB ballparks (We are up to 25 out of 30!) I return to the news of two massive FTC settlements crushing insurance lead generators and… this. Last week...more
The FTC announced today a $100 million judgment against Assurance IQ for alleged deceptive practices targeting consumers seeking health insurance. The FTC initiated the complaint, FTC v. Assurance IQ LLC, U.S. District Court,...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
On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court in an enforcement proceeding is not bound by an agency’s pre-enforcement interpretation of a statute. Rather, as the Court held in McLaughlin Chiropractic...more
Said it before. Will say it again– the rule of personal liability for TCPA violations undertaken for an employer is the most unfair in all of American jurisprudence. Take the case of Matthews v. Senior Life Insurance Co.,...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
Au Fond. Do you folks know this lovely phrase? Here I–Mr. Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate memorizer– thought I knew it all. And yet the Czar just learned something mysterious and lovely that has...more
I remember when default judgments in TCPA cases were for like $4,500.00. Then guys started hitting the mid-five figures. But now recoveries in the six figures on a default basis is becoming pretty standard. The truth is the...more
Well as TCPAWorld.com readers know well the TCPA class actions continue to pour in. Previously we reported TCPA class action filings were up over 100% YoY through March, 2025....more
FCC Delays Effective Date for New TCPA Consent Revocation Rule - The FCC announced on April 7, 2025, that it was issuing a one-year delay on its latest TCPA implementing rule governing consent revocation, Section...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
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227, is always a hot topic. Over the course of the last four months, however, a new and novel theory of TCPA liability—time-of-day text message cases—has flooded the...more
Last month, a putative class action Complaint was filed against Dave & Buster’s (“Defendant”) for allegedly failing to observe proper telemarketing hours. In Laureta v. Dave & Buster’s Inc., Plaintiff claims that he received...more
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more
Following the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Facebook v. Duguid, consumers alleging Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) claims against companies for using an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) are...more
If you are the owner of a telemarketing business, there is a good chance that you are familiar with The Campaign Registry (“TCR”). TCR registration is essential for businesses for several reasons. Crucially, it ensures that...more
On January 24, the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision clarifying the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) limited authority to expand businesses’ obligations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This...more
On February 6, 2025, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the FCC’s one-to-one consent rule. Applying the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, 9 the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the FCC...more
On February 4, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a $4,492,500 fine against Telnyx LLC for allegedly allowing illegal robocalls on its network. The FCC’s Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL)...more
On February 4, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) against voice service provider Telnyx LLC (Telnyx) for alleged violations of the...more
Just one business day before the FCC’s one-to-one consent rule was set to go into effect, the rule became no more following the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Insurance Marketing Coalition v. FCC....more