Technology, Communications & Media

The newsletter covers a notable TCPA fax litigation ruling and the FCC’s adoption of two safe harbors protecting voice service providers from liability when they take reasonable measures to block unwanted robocalls

The newsletter covers a notable TCPA fax litigation ruling and the FCC’s adoption of two safe harbors protecting voice service providers from liability when they take reasonable measures to block unwanted robocalls

The newsletter covers a notable TCPA fax litigation ruling and the FCC’s adoption of two safe harbors protecting voice service providers from liability when they take reasonable measures to block unwanted robocalls

This newsletter covers the Ninth Circuit’s N.L. v. Credit One Bank ruling and the FCC’s continuing steps to implement portions of the TRACED Act and extend protections against illegal and unwanted robocalls.

This newsletter covers the Ninth Circuit’s N.L. v. Credit One Bank ruling and the FCC’s continuing steps to implement portions of the TRACED Act and extend protections against illegal and unwanted robocalls.

This newsletter covers the Ninth Circuit’s N.L. v. Credit One Bank ruling and the FCC’s continuing steps to implement portions of the TRACED Act and extend protections against illegal and unwanted robocalls.

This article outlines the requirements and procedures for the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction (Auction 904), which will make up to $16B in federal funds available to support high-speed broadband and voice services in rural America.

Mintz’s May TCPA Digest covers the Supreme Court oral argument in Barr v. AAPC on the TCPA’s autodialer restriction and the FCC’s implementation of the TRACED Act.

Read about the Supreme Court’s discussion in Barr v. AAPC on whether to strike down the TCPA’s autodialer restriction or the statute’s government-debt exception.

Read about FCC TRACED Act implementation related to establishing a consortium to trace suspected unlawful robocalls and rules to combat one-ring scam calls, plus TCPA statutory updates.

We’ve written previously about the role of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in regulating wireless medical devices, chiefly in determining the operating frequency and certain technical rules that ensure co-existence with other devices and wireless users. As part of that process, manufacturers must submit prototypes of new devices for testing and review by independent third party test labs and certification bodies (TCBs). The FCC prohibits responsible parties, such as manufacturers and resellers, from importing, marketing, or selling any device subject to this equipment approval process prior to obtaining approval from a TCB, which comes in the form of a grant of equipment certification.

Read about a 2nd Circuit holding that equipment that merely stores and dials telephone numbers constitutes an ATDS and the 7th Circuit’s holding that a $280 million penalty against DISH for illegal telemarketing was insufficient.

Read about a petition filed by financial institutions with the FCC seeking a ruling that TCPA’s emergency purposes exception applies to communications about the COVID-19 pandemic.