This month’s newsletter covers an FCC Report and Order authorizing many telecommunications service providers to use third parties to “sign” calls on their behalf consistent with STIR/SHAKEN’s technical requirements. It also discusses a California federal court’s summary judgment decision in Williams v. DDR Media, LLC, which sent a message that compliance tools that prioritize privacy and operate without substantive interpretation of communications are not wiretapping consumers under the California Invasion of Privacy Act.

Read about a California federal court’s summary judgment decision in Williams v. DDR Media, LLC, which sent the message that that compliance tools that prioritize privacy and operate without substantive interpretation of communications are not wiretapping consumers under the California Invasion of Privacy Act.

Read about an FCC Report and Order commissioners will vote on individually that encompasses two other pending orders related to call-blocking, text-message blocking, and making e-mail-to-text an opt-in service. This month’s newsletter also covers a Florida federal court’s dismissal of a TCPA class action involving a text message and multiple calls stemming from the plaintiff’s disclosure of her phone number during a store survey.

Read about a Florida federal court’s dismissal of a TCPA class action involving a text message and multiple calls stemming from the plaintiff’s disclosure of her phone number during a store survey.

Read about the FCC’s cease-and-desist letter ordering Alliant Financial to mitigate unlawful traffic, its Enforcement Advisory classifying a group of repeat robocallers as a Consumer Communications Information Services Threat, and its adoption of two Notices of Apparent Liability focused on an illegal robocalling scheme amid the New Hampshire presidential primary, plus Second and Third Circuit decisions involving automatic telephone dialing systems (ATDS) and Eleventh Circuit guidance on class settlements in a case involving an ATDS.

Read about Second and Third Circuit decisions involving automatic telephone dialing systems (ATDS) and Eleventh Circuit guidance on class settlements in a case involving an ATDS.

Grecia Rivas and Jennifer Kim embarked on a mission to correct injustices faced by a pro bono client in a case regarding misleading information of consumer products. Find out how their unrelenting advocacy concluded in a successful outcome for their client.