Read about FCC compliance rules concerning consumer requests to revoke consent for calls and texts under the TCPA, FCC Enforcement Bureau actions aimed at stopping the transmission of illegal robocall traffic over gateway provider Identidad Advertising Development LLC’s network, and a pending Supreme Court case that raises the issue of whether the Hobbs Act required a district court to accept the FCC’s interpretation of the TCPA as it pertains to faxes received by email. 

Read about McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, a pending Supreme Court case that raises the issue of whether the Hobbs Act required a district court to accept the FCC’s interpretation of the TCPA as it pertains to faxes received by email. 

In a win for Defendant IQVIA, Inc., accused of allegedly sending faxes in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied Plaintiff Brian J. Lyngaas D.D.S.’s (Lyngaas) motion for class certification, agreeing with IQVIA that the class did not cross the Third Circuit’s threshold ascertainability requirement.

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 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 providing further guidance on fax advertisements under the TCPA.