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FCC: No Additional TCPA Consent Required for Certain Calls to Utilities Customers

August 17, 2016 This month, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC” or “Commission”) issued a Declaratory Ruling clarifying what type of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) consent is required for certain telephone calls and text messages made/delivered by utility companies. When can utility companies and their affiliates make autodialed calls?

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FCC Issues TCPA Compliance Ruling for School-Related Calls

August 11, 2016 Last Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC” or “Commission”) issued a Declaratory Ruling addressing certain Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) compliance concerns raised by educational technology company Blackboard, Inc. (“Blackboard”). When can schools and their affiliates make autodialed calls?

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FCC Calls for “Strike Force” to Combat Robocalls

July 28, 2016 Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) Chairman, Tom Wheeler, last week encouraged the major wireless and wireline telecommunications carriers to offer cost-free call-blocking services to customers.  This week, AT&T announced that it has heeded that call to action and will form a strike force to come up with a plan to prevent robocallers

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FTC Settles TCPA and TSR Violation Charges with Vacation Package Telemarketers

March 21, 2016 Yesterday morning, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had reached a settlement with Lilly Management and Marketing, LLC and its principal, Kevin Lawrence (together, “Defendants”).  The FTC commenced an action against Defendants in the Middle District of Florida on March 16, 2016, alleging that the Defendants repeatedly and systematically violated

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FCC Poised to Change the Rules For Online Privacy?

March 11, 2016 The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) has circulated a notice of proposed rulemaking designed to fundamentally alter the guidelines dictating the online privacy rights of consumers.  The full FCC will vote on the proposal at the end of March, at which time, if passed, the public would be

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FCC Releases Spreadsheet of Robocall and Telemarketing Complaint Data

October 22, 2015 This Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a spreadsheet of robocall and telemarketing consumer complaint data. The spreadsheet is available for public download and will be updated every week. Why has the Commission released this information, and how will it affect telemarketers?

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FCC Narrowly Adopts TCPA Declaratory Ruling

June 23, 2015 In its Open Meeting last Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC” or “Commission”) adopted what has been called a “package of declaratory rulings.” The narrowly passed TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order (FCC 15-72), which has not yet been officially released, will address 21 petitions and other requests for clarity concerning the

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Proposed FCC Telemarketing Actions – “Most Significant Since the Do-Not-Call Registry”

May 28, 2015 On Wednesday of this week, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC” or “Commission”) announced a new proposal circulated by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler that would make fundamental changes to the Commission’s enforcement of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). According to Chairman Wheeler’s announcement and the Commission’s accompanying fact sheet, the FCC

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