We are pleased to present our latest Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In our Regulatory Update, we cover the FCC's record $225 million fine against a pair of robocallers that made false claims about health insurance offers and its cease-and-desist letters to eight voice providers for transmitting illegal robocall traffic. We also discuss a joint statement by a bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers expressing concern about the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which held that in order to meet the TCPA's definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), a device must be able to store or produce telephone numbers using a random or sequential number generator. In addition, we look at an FCC Order requiring compliance with various provisions of the TRACED Act, which aims to reduce unwanted and illegal robocalls, including Section 10 and a mandate requiring voice service providers to notify callers immediately when calls are blocked.
In this month's Litigation Update, we report on a post-Facebook TCPA case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado involving an ATDS. In Montanez v. Future Vision Brank Bank, LLC, a U.S. magistrate judge recommended against dismissing a case involving text messages sent with technology with the capacity to store and dial telephone numbers using a random or sequential generator even though none of the messages "were addressed specifically" to the plaintiff.
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In This Edition
Part I – TCPA Regulatory Update
- Commission Issues Record $225M Fine and Takes Action on Illegal Robocalls
- Lawmakers Respond to SCOTUS Facebook Auto-Dialer Ruling
- Dates Set for Compliance with TRACED
Act
Part II – TCPA Litigation Update
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