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On April 4, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted new rules updating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (“TCPA”) requirements regarding a consumer’s ability to revoke consent to receive calls and messages (collectively “messages”). Generally speaking, the TCPA in part restricts messages sent using an automated telephone dialing system absent the organization obtaining the necessary prior consent from the consumer. Importantly, the rules (1) further clarify the ways in which a consumer may revoke consent; (2) require that organizations honor requests within a reasonable time; and (3) clarify the process by which organizations can confirm the scope of a consumer’s request to revoke consent to receive further messages. We unpack these key developments in more detail below.Continue Reading FCC Provides Long-Awaited Clarification on Revocation of Consent

Last week, a group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats introduced the RoboText Scam Prevention Act (“RSPA”). If passed, the bill would amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). As predicted in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Facebook v. Duguid, the RSPA is Congress’s attempt to clarify the TCPA by proposing modernizations that would address 21st century dialing technologies that were not in place when the law was first passed, but the bill’s broad definitions could create more confusion than clarity if it is passed without further changes.Continue Reading Newly-Proposed TCPA Amendment Could Lead to Expansive Coverage