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FCC Opens Inquiry Into AI’s Evolving Use in Robocalls and Robotexts, and Potential Consumer Impacts

USA - November 27 2023 The FCC has adopted a Notice of Inquiry seeking public comment on the use of evolving AI Technologies in robocall and robotext campaigns, potential…

FCC Beefs Up Robocall Guardrails for VoIP Number Access

USA - November 8 2023 The FCC adopted new rules and proposed additional rules to modernize and strengthen its requirements for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)…

4th Circuit: Offering a Free Gift Could Be an Unsolicited Advertisement

USA - September 13 2023 The 4th Circuit held that offering a free eBook could violate the TCPA’s prohibition on “unsolicited advertisements.” PDR Network publishes the…

Text Messages With No Audible Components are Not “Prerecorded Voices” Under the TCPA

USA - August 10 2023 A recent decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Trim v. Reward Zone USA LLC, No. 22-55517, 2023 WL 5025264 (9th Cir. Aug. 8, 2023), affirmed…

11th Circuit Finds One Unwanted Text Message Sufficient to Allow Standing to File Suit in Drazen v. Pinto

USA - August 2 2023 In the case of Drazen v. Pinto, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc ruled unanimously that plaintiffs who received a single unwanted…

Milgram v. Chase Bank USA, N.A.: Eleventh Circuit Holds Furnisher’s Investigation Was Reasonable, Despite Evidence That Plaintiff’s Employee Had Been Convicted For Incurring The Disputed Charges

USA - July 24 2023 Does a furnisher always have reach the “right” answer when it investigates a consumer’s credit reporting dispute? Or does the furnisher just have to…

Even if They Don’t Answer, It is Still a Solicitation

USA - July 21 2023 In the case of Taylor v LeadPoint, Inc., the Middle District of Florida denied defendant, LeadPoint’s, motion to dismiss finding that even unanswered…

Hall v. Smosh Dot Com, Inc. - Ninth Circuit Holds Mother Has Article III Standing To Sue Under TCPA Based On Text Messages Received On A Phone Used By Her Son

USA - July 19 2023 Does a mother have Article III standing to sue under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act based on advertising text messages received on a cell…

TCPA Filings Rise

USA - July 11 2023 The number of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) filed lawsuits increased in the month of May. According to WebRecon’s May 2023 Statistics, the…

6th Circuit Holds One Ringless Voicemail Sufficient to Violate TCPA

USA - June 30 2023 The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision and found that a single ringless voicemail (RVM) was enough to violate the TCPA. The…