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  1. January 25, 2016

    FCC Telemarketing Rule To Stem Flood Of Calls, DC Circ. Told

    A pair of consumer groups stood with the Federal Communications Commission in D.C. Circuit briefs Friday, maintaining the agency's latest rule under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act will prevent millions of unsolicited phone calls to consumers.

  2. January 19, 2016

    FCC Defends Telemarketing Order Amid DC Circ. Challenge

    The Federal Communications Commission asked the D.C. Circuit on Friday to dismiss a petition challenging a ruling the agency issued last year aimed at cracking down on automated marketing, saying it acted within its authority under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act when it issued the order.

  3. December 24, 2015

    Telecom Cases To Watch In 2016

    The Federal Communications Commission dropped some big — and divisive — orders in 2015, and the agency will spend much of 2016 justifying those decisions in court. From a ruling on the FCC's authority to regulate the Internet to a fight over its ability to enforce privacy standards in a phone subsidy program, here is a breakdown of the telecom cases to watch in 2016.

  4. December 24, 2015

    Privacy Cases To Watch In 2016

    The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide a pair of privacy disputes that are poised to have a lasting impact on the ebb and flow of consumer class action litigation, while lower courts will have their hands full with challenges to data security claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission and a warrant for data stored overseas by Microsoft. Here, privacy attorneys flag some of the major cases that they will be keeping their eye on in 2016.

  5. December 03, 2015

    Economic Heavyweights Rally Against FCC Autodialer Rule

    The nation's largest retail, technology, financial and utility industry groups urged the D.C. Circuit to ax the Federal Communications Commission's order expanding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to forbid autodialer usage, saying Wednesday the rule goes too far and chills legitimate communication.

  6. November 25, 2015

    Business Groups Urge DC Circ. To Nix FCC's TCPA Expansion

    Collection company trade group ACA International, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other businesses and organizations on Wednesday urged the D.C. Circuit to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's order expanding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to forbid use of autodialing systems, saying it goes too far and chills legitimate communication.

  7. September 01, 2015

    DC Circ. Allows Intervention In FCC Autodialer Rule Suit

    The D.C. Circuit granted on Monday requests of six organizations to intervene on behalf of a collection company trade group in its challenge of a Federal Communications Commission declaratory ruling expanding the definition of a telemarketing autodialer.

  8. August 13, 2015

    FCC's Autodialer Definition Is Illegal, Group Tells DC Circ.

    Collections company trade group ACA International told the D.C. Circuit the Federal Communications Commission's Telephone Consumer Protection Act order unlawfully expanded the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system and will chill freedom of speech in a statement of issues filed Wednesday.

  9. July 14, 2015

    Collections Group Fights FCC's TCPA Changes In DC Circ.

    A collection company trade group pushed the D.C. Circuit to invalidate parts of expansions to rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in a Tuesday petition, saying the Federal Communications Commission has stepped on the rights of legitimate businesses.

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