Bipartisan TRACED Act Enhances Penalties for Illegal Robocalls
12/7/18
By: Matt Foree
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the committee and author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), recently announced …
Ninth Circuit Compounds ATDS Confusion in TCPA, Causing FCC to Seek Further Comment
10/8/18
By: Matt Foree
As we previously discussed in the ACA International decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently rejected the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) guidance concerning the definition of automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), one …
FCC Issues TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order
7/20/15
By: Matt Foree
As reported previously, on June 18, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a press release about its new declaratory rulings. The FCC recently published its 138-page Declaratory Ruling and Order (“Declaratory Ruling”), which was intended …
FCC Announces New TCPA Declaratory Rulings
6/26/15
By: Matthew N. Foree
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced in a press release that it issued a package of declaratory rulings regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The FCC declared that it “adopted a proposal to …
FCC Commissioner Reiterates Need for FCC to Address TCPA Issues
4/9/15
By: Matthew N. Foree
Michael O’Rielly, the Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) addressed the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) last week. During his remarks, he discussed litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which he described as …
Members of Congress Seek TCPA Revisions
8/18/14
By: Matthew N. Foree
Ten members of Congress have recently submitted correspondence to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) urging the FCC to revise the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). They frame the issue at stake as “a …
TCPA Class Action on Opt-Out Confirmation Text Messages Dismissed
7/15/13
By: Matt Foree
A U.S. District Court in California recently dismissed a putative class action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). See Holt v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, Case No. 11cv3046 (S.D. Cal. 2013). The matter concerned Defendant …