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Senate Passes IoT Cybersecurity Bill by Unanimous Consent
November 18, 2020 | Blog | By Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Christopher Harvie
TCPA Litigation Update — Eleventh Circuit Rejects Incentive Awards, District of New Jersey Court Refuses to Adopt Reasoning
November 13, 2020 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Matthew Novian
TCPA Litigation Update — Eleventh Circuit Rejects Incentive Awards, District of New Jersey Court Refuses to Adopt Reasoning
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TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Releases Public Notice on Filing for Voluntary STIR/SHAKEN Implementation Exemptions for Early Implementers & Reviews Comments on Section 8 of the TRACED Act
November 13, 2020 | Article | By Russell Fox
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Releases Public Notice on Filing for Voluntary STIR/SHAKEN Implementation Exemptions for Early Implementers & Reviews Comments on Section 8 of the TRACED Act
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Monthly TCPA Digest — November 2020
November 13, 2020 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Russell Fox, Matthew Novian
This issue covers Johnson v. NPAS Sols., LLC, a class action in which the 11th Circuit invalidated the use of incentive awards for named plaintiffs, a decision that could discourage the filing of TCPA class actions nationwide. The newsletter also provides early implementers with tips on filing for voluntary STIR/SHAKEN implementation exemptions.
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FCC Opens Application Portal for $100 Million in Funding to Support Connected Care Services
November 6, 2020 | Alert | By Russell Fox, Angela Kung
Russell Fox and Angela King discuss the FCC’s announcement that it is accepting applications for the Connected Care Pilot Program, which will make $100 million available to help health care providers defray the costs of connected care services.
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What's New in 5G - November 2020
November 2, 2020 | Blog | By Russell Fox, T. Scott Thompson, Angela Kung, Daniel P. Reing, Christen B'anca Glenn
FCC Establishes $9 Billion Fund to Support 5G Services in Rural America
October 29, 2020 | Blog | By Angela Kung
TCPA Litigation Update — District Court Rules TCPA Unconstitutional from 2015 to 2020
October 20, 2020 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Crystal Lopez
Read about the federal district court ruling in Creasy v. Charter Commc’ns, Inc., which held that the TCPA was unconstitutional from 2015 to 2020.
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TCPA Regulatory Update — A Busy FCC Continues to Implement the TRACED Act; Public Notice on Flu Vaccines During the Pandemic
October 20, 2020 | Article | By Russell Fox
Read about the FCC’s ongoing implementation of the TRACED Act aimed at reducing robocalls, including a proposed rulemaking process seeking comment on TCPA exceptions.
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Monthly TCPA Digest — October 2020
October 20, 2020 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Russell Fox, Crystal Lopez
Mintz’s October TCPA Digest covers Creasy v. Charter Communications, Inc., a federal district court ruling that deems autodialed calls and text messages made during the past five years unconstitutional under the TCPA, and recent TCPA-related activity at the FCC.
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What's New in 5G - October 2020
October 5, 2020 | Blog | By Russell Fox, T. Scott Thompson, Angela Kung, Daniel P. Reing, Christen B'anca Glenn
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Releases Draft Order Implementing STIR/SHAKEN; Would Establish Extension Deadlines and Require Certification in a Commission Database, Among Other Requirements
September 18, 2020 | Article | By Russell Fox
Read about the FCC’s draft order implementing STIR/SHAKEN that would establish extension deadlines and require certification in a commission database.
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Monthly TCPA Digest — September 2020
September 18, 2020 | Article | By Russell Fox, Joshua Briones
Mintz’s September TCPA Digest covers the FCC’s draft order implementing STIR/SHAKEN and briefing in the Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid US Supreme Court case about the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system under the TCPA.
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TCPA Litigation Update — The US Government Sides with Facebook — This Should Make Things Easy for SCOTUS
September 18, 2020 | Article | By Joshua Briones
In the Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid US Supreme Court case about the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system under the TCPA, the US government filed a brief in support of Facebook’s position.
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FCC Provides Additional Information on Making $100 million Available for Connected Care Services
September 4, 2020 | Blog | By Russell Fox, Angela Kung
On September 3, 2020, the FCC released a Public Notice providing additional guidance to prospective applicants who may wish to seek funding under the FCC’s Connected Care Pilot Program for connected care services. As we previously reported, that program will make $100 million available over three years to help defray health care providers’ costs of providing connected care services, with a particular emphasis on supporting those services for low-income Americans and veterans.
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What's New in 5G - September 2020
September 3, 2020 | Blog | By Russell Fox, T. Scott Thompson, Angela Kung, Daniel P. Reing, Christen B'anca Glenn
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Clarifies Ruling on Application of TCPA’s Emergency Purposes Exception to COVID-19 Communications; Petition Seeks Reconsideration of the P2P Alliance Declaratory Ruling
August 18, 2020 | Article | By Russell Fox
Read about a clarification of the FCC’s ruling that that TCPA’s emergency purposes exception applies to communications about the COVID-19 pandemic and a petition seeking reconsideration of the P2P Alliance ruling.
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TCPA Litigation Update — The Sixth Circuit Sides with Ninth and Second Circuits in Holding that a Stored Number Device is an ATDS Under the TCPA Even if it Cannot Randomly Generate Numbers
August 18, 2020 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Kara M. Cormier
Read about the 6th Circuit's decision to side with the 9th and 2nd Circuits in holding that devices that merely store and dial telephone numbers are automatic telephone dialing systems under the TCPA.
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Monthly TCPA Digest — August 2020
August 18, 2020 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Russell Fox, Kara M. Cormier
Mintz’s August TCPA Digest covers the 6th Circuit's holding on the definition of an ATDS under the TCPA and the FCC’s clarification of its ruling that TCPA’s emergency purposes exception applies to communications about COVID-19.
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What's New in 5G - August 2020
August 4, 2020 | Blog | By Russell Fox, T. Scott Thompson, Angela Kung, Daniel P. Reing, Christen B'anca Glenn
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