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FCC Issues Two Key TCPA Orders
In the past two weeks, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued two important orders that modified and clarified the agency’s rules for enforcement of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Both orders…
FCC Chairman Wheeler Turns to the FCC Blog to Encourage Robocall Blocking
On July 22, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler penned a blog post on the Commission’s website highlighting the efforts at the agency to prevent unwanted automated and prerecorded message calls restricted under the Telephone…
FCC Issues Declaratory Ruling That the Federal Government and Contractors Acting Within Agency Scope Are Not Subject to the TCPA
On July 5, 2016, the FCC issued a Declaratory Ruling in which it determined that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) “does not apply to calls made by or on behalf of the federal government in the conduct of…
FCC Approves Release of NPRM to Implement Government Debt TCPA Exemption
On May 4, 2016, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to exempt robocalls made to collect “a debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States” from the TCPA’s prior express consent requirement. The new rules…
Interesting FCC Enforcement Actions — February 2016 Edition
It’s no secret that one of the majo r stories in the last two years has been the increased activism of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Enforcement Bureau (“Bureau”). February 2016 was no exception in…