• 10.03.24

    FCC Proposes AI Regulations

    In its latest move addressing artificial intelligence (AI), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to regulate robocalls made using AI.

  • 10.03.24

    Eye Exam Reminders May Violate TCPA

    Reminders about the need for an eye exam do not always fall within the health care provider exemption of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations, a federal court in Florida recently held.

  • 10.03.24

    Court Finds Cellphones Covered By TCPA, But Tosses Suit

    Despite holding that cellphone users are not “categorically excluded” from the TCPA, a New York federal court granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after determining the complaint failed to allege that the defendant was directly or vicariously liable for the calls at issue.

  • 10.03.24

    Questions About Phone’s Business Use Defeat Class Certification

    A California federal court has denied class certification where questions existed about the use of the plaintiff’s phone number for business.

  • 08.01.24

    FCC Sends Letters to Telecom Companies About AI For Political Calls

    Continuing its focus on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent letters to nine telecommunications companies asking about the efforts they are taking to prevent fraudulent robocalls that use AI for political purposes.

  • 08.01.24

    Insufficient Allegations Doom TCPA Action

    A California federal court recently granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim brought by a plaintiff alleging that she received a trio of unwanted phone calls, finding that she failed to state a claim under the statute.

  • 08.01.24

    TCPA Suit Tossed Where Plaintiff Not A ‘Called Party’

    A Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) plaintiff who was neither a subscriber of the telephone number nor a customary user of the number failed to state a claim under the statute, a New York federal court has ruled.

  • 06.25.24

    Court Allows Personal Claims Against Government Official for TCPA Violations

    A Pennsylvania federal court has ruled that a lawmaker can be held personally liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for prerecorded robocalls that were intended as government communications to constituents.

  • 06.25.24

    Calls, Texts For Free Services Do Not Fall Under TCPA

    Calls and messages encouraging a recipient to sign up for free nutrition counseling services did not constitute telephone solicitations within the meaning of the TCPA, according to a reported decision from a Wisconsin federal court.

  • 06.25.24

    Allstate Faces Liability For Agents’ Calls

    An insurance company is on the hook for calls made by its agents after a decision from a federal court in Illinois.

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