TCPA & Teleservices

Released on September 27th, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking takes a similar approach to call blocking, requiring mobile service providers…

Several weeks ago, Michele Shuster provided an update from her perspective of the Robo Call Summit. Initially, two days were spent meeting…

Two days were spent meeting with regulators representing State AG offices, the FTC, FCC, and a number of consumer groups…

A new bill in the House of Representatives would amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to expand its definition of an automated telephone dialing system…

A recent case filed by a state attorney general, in cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), puts illegal robocallers that don’t play by the rules on notice that not only the companies but also their owners will be sued.

Update: Oklahoma Governor has signed this bill and it will take effect on 11/1/2022. After its April 26th unanimous passage by the Oklahoma Senate, the Oklahoma Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022 (HB 3168) has returned to the House, where it appears certain…

Over the past week, there have been two notable developments in the world of voice service providers (VSPs) and their customers. First, the Federal Communications Commission put three VSPs on notice that if they continued to originate illegal robocalls on their networks,…

The Utah and Washington legislatures recently passed bills to update their telemarketing laws. The bills will become law unless vetoed by the states’ respective governors. Utah 

The Reassigned Numbers Database (RND) will be revised. The RND contains a list of telephone numbers reassigned from a previous consumer. It was created, in part, to prevent calling a telephone number that has been permanently disconnected from the intended consumer. Because the caller…

Is there such a thing as a TCPA-compliant lead? Lead generators can be valuable partners for businesses trying to identify and reach prospective customers through marketing campaigns involving calls or texts. However, these leads don’t come without risk and it can be…