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.

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 an FCC Draft Report and Order, which, if adopted, would potentially require “one-to-one consent from consumers for robotexts and robocalls, disrupting industry practices.

Read about a hearing titled “Protecting Americans from Robocalls” held by the US Senate Science, Commerce, and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, the Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious and Outrageous Telephone (“DO NOT”) Call Act reintroduced in the Senate, and the FCC’s new inquiry into the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on robocalling.

In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we report on an FCC Draft Report and Order, which, if adopted, would potentially require “one-to-one consent,” a recent US Senate hearing titled “Protecting Americans from Robocalls,” the Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious and Outrageous Telephone (“DO NOT”) Call Act reintroduced in the Senate, the FCC’s new inquiry into the impact of artificial intelligence on robocalling, the Ninth Circuit’s decision in True Health Chiropractic, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. approving decertification of a TCPA class action involving a fax, and the Arizona federal court’s holding in Howard v. Republican Nat’l Comm.

In this month’s Telephone and Texting Compliance News, we report on the FCC’s adoption of rules adding new obligations for interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service providers that obtain numbers for their customers directly from a numbering administrator and several Enforcement Bureau actions, including an Initial Determination Order against One Owl Telecom, 20 Orders to initiate the removal of noncompliant voice service and gateway providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database, and an order reinstating Global UC Inc.’s certification in the RMD.

On October 16, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released 20 Orders to initiate the removal of noncompliant voice service and gateway providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database and reinstated Global UC Inc.’s certification in the RMD, which included entering into a Compliance Plan with the company.

The FCC adopted rules adding new obligations for interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service providers that obtain numbers for their customers directly from a numbering administrator and is seeking comment on additional proposals involving direct access.