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TEXTS AREN’T CALLS!: State Appellate Court Holds Text Messages Are Not Telephone Calls Were Purposes of Criminal Statute

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Since 2009 Courts have been applying FCC rulings suggesting that text messages are calls subject to the TCPA even though text messages didn’t exist at the time the TCPA was passed and the statute does not mention text...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC Announces Effective Date for New Revocation of Consent Order

Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a new report and order (“Order”) concerning revocation of consumer consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The new rules revise how...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Beware of Scams that Hijack Cellphone Accounts: The Importance of Authentication for Businesses and Consumers: Privacy Day...

Consumers use cell phone numbers to authenticate their identities across a variety of accounts, such as those held with wireless providers, financial institutions, healthcare providers, and retail websites. One common example...more

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New FCC Rule Affects Consumer Consent for Robocalls and Robotexts

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A new FCC rule will require comparison shopping websites and lead generators to obtain consumer consent to receive robocalls and robotext messages one seller at a time....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FCC Closes Lead Generator Loophole by Requiring One-to-One Consent; Proposes Further Regulation of Robocalls/RoboTexts

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On December 13, by a vote of 4-1, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules aimed at “closing the ‘lead generator’ robocall/robotexts loophole.” Specifically, the rule requires telemarketers to obtain...more

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Arizona Federal District Court Holds MMS’s Are Not Prerecorded Messages Under the TCPA Unless They Play Automatically

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A district court in the District of Arizona granted a motion to dismiss in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case on the basis that multimedia messaging service (MMS) texts do not constitute prerecorded messages...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

9th Circuit affirms TCPA dismissal

On August 8, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a cause of action under the TCPA, wherein the plaintiff alleged that the defendant sent her three mass marketing text messages that utilized “prerecorded...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA Tracker - February and March 2023

RECENT NEWS - FCC Issues Report and Order Aimed at Unlawful Texting - On February 23, 2023, the FCC issued a Report and Order (the “Order”) which took aim at unlawful texting, marking the first time the FCC has taken...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC Takes First Steps to Curb Scam Texts, Looks to Clamp Down on Lead Generators

Blocking Texts Highly Likely to Be Illegal - Until now, the FCC has focused on curbing illegal robocalls. It has now turned its attention to illegal robotexts, which the agency notes have been increasing rapidly. In an...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA Tracker November 2022

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RECENT NEWS - Consumer Consent Required to Send “Ringless Voicemails,” FCC Finds - The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC"), in a recent Declaratory Ruling and Order, stated that callers must obtain consumer...more

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TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - December 2022

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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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[Flash Webinar] Deleted Text Messages from Secret Service, DOD & DHS - August 18th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

EDRM Ripped From the Headlines Webinar Series: In this fireside roundtable, guests, Jason R. Baron, former NARA and current Professor of the Practice at the University of Maryland and James and Jack Dever, cyber attorneys...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - July 2022

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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - November 2021

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

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Proposes New Robocall Mitigation Regulations on Gateway Providers

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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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - April 2021

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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FCC’S Year-End TCPA Orders Place New Limitations on Automated & Prerecorded Calls

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Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology sector clients — and any company that places non-marketing calls or text communications to customers by automated means — should pay close attention to two new FCC orders from...more

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District Court Finds Calls to Cell Phones Do not Violate the TCPA’s Prohibition Against Telephone Solicitations to Residential...

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In an Order issued December 16, 2020, the Eastern District of Texas adopted the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson finding that calls placed to a cellular telephone do not...more

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TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - November 2020

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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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TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - August 2020

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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - July 2020

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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - May 2020

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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker - April 2020

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

U.S. Financial Institutions Petition FCC to Exclude Their Informational Calls from TCPA Liability During the COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 30, 2020, the American Bankers Association (“ABA”) and several other associations of banks and credit unions (together, “petitioners”) effectively asked the FCC to exempt all COVID-related calls and texts to...more

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Third Circuit Affirms Judgment in Favor of Serial TCPA Litigant Due to Defendant’s Failure to Respond to Request for Admission

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On March 3, the Third Circuit upheld the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s judgment in favor of a repeat player in TCPA litigation, concluding that the plaintiff had standing to sue because the calls in question went to his...more

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