Read about a North American Number Council meeting that will focus on possible new obligations for interconnected VoIP providers that obtain direct access to numbers and resellers of numbers, a Maryland federal court’s decision that a defendant in a TCPA case had not obtained prior express written consent via phone to make certain telemarketing calls, and a Fourth Circuit opinion on fax advertisements under the TCPA.

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.

Read about the FCC’s confirmation that the TCPA bars AI-generated voices, rules strengthening texting consent revocation rightsza, and the removal of 13 entities from the robocall mitigation database, plus the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Career Counseling, Inc. v. AmeriFactors Fin. Grp., LLC, which upheld the denial of class certification in a TCPA case.

Read about the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Career Counseling, Inc. v. AmeriFactors Fin. Grp., LLC, which affirmed the lower court’s denial of TCPA class certification but granted summary judgment to Career Counseling on its TCPA claim. 

Read about FCC proposals involving consumer consent and the use of AI-generated voices, the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s steps toward removing voice service provider BPO Innovate from the Robocall Mitigation Database, compliance deadlines for new RMD filing obligations, deadlines associated with proposed robotexting rules, and legislation intended to provide consumers more protection against robocalls.

Read about recent federal and state court decisions helpful for defendants facing class actions brought under the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act and the Supreme Court’s denial of a petition for writ of certiorari in a case about what qualifies as an ATDS under the TCPA.

In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we report on updates made by the FCC’s Report and Order on robotexting and the importance of reviewing and challenging class definitions as a TCPA defendant.

Read about the Ninth Circuit’s decision in True Health Chiropractic, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., in which the court affirmed decertification of a TCPA class action involving a fax based on the FCC’s 2019 declaratory ruling in Amerifactors, while the Arizona federal court concluded in Howard v. Republican Nat’l Comm. that a text message with a link to a video does not necessarily qualify as a call using an artificial or prerecorded voice.