Autodialer Under the TCPA

More Challenges to the FCC’S TCPA Declaratory Rulings and E-Faxes Covered Under the TCPAThe FCC’s pro-consumer July 10, 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order creates new and increased TCPA compliance and litigation challenges for businesses. ACA International previously filed a lawsuit seeking judicial review of the ruling and, on August 14, 2015, CodeBroker, LLC filed a similar lawsuit.  Both lawsuits are pending in the United States Court of Appeals

FCC Approves New Pro-Consumer TCPA Rules That Will Likely Create Increased Compliance and Litigation Headaches for BusinessesThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently adopted a proposal aimed at clarifying certain provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The proposal addresses twenty-one (21) petitions related to the TCPA, touching on issues from robocall-blocking services to treating text messages as calls.  While the actual package of declaratory rulings has not yet been released,

Text Messaging Program Not an Autodialer Under the TCPAThe United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently held in the putative class action Glauser v. GroupMe, Inc. that GroupMe’s text messaging program was not an autodialer under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Congress enacted the TCPA in 1991 in an effort to address a growing number of telephone marketing