category telemarketing-calls 
Troutman Sanders
JANUARY 9, 2023
DentalPlans is currently facing a TCPA class action in the District Court of Maryland after the plaintiff allegedly received repeated calls from DentalPlans seeking a renewal of the plaintiff’s plan. 47 U.S.C. § Implementing the Tel. Consumer Prot. Act of 1991 , 21 F.C.C.R 3787, 3812(F.C.C.,
Public Citizen
APRIL 29, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing to extending protections against telemarketing tricks and traps to small businesses and strengthening safeguards against other pernicious telemarketing tactics aimed at consumers. The notice of proposed rulemaking is here.
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Troutman Sanders
MARCH 8, 2021
As we recently reported , the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provided new maximum call guidance in a December 2020 order (Order) for callers subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The guidance was issued prior to the implementation of new regulations capping the number of permitted calls under the TCPA.
Troutman Sanders
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
The TRACED Act requires the FCC to ensure that any exemption granted under the TCPA includes certain requirements, including the classes of parties that may make such calls, the classes of parties that may be called, and the number of calls that can be made to a called party. The comment period has since closed.
Collection Industry News
AUGUST 30, 2022
Here, plaintiff claimed “never [to have] invited or consented to the text message” and had also registered the cell phone number in question with the National Do-Not-Call Registry. In this Florida TCPA case, the defendant alleged, among other things, that the TCPA only applies to actual voice calls and not text messages.
Collection Industry News
JUNE 14, 2021
This bill updates the Florida Consumer Protection Law and the Florida Telemarketing Act and creates Florida’s own version of the TCPA. This broader definition seemingly covers predictive dialers that select numbers to be called from a database. The statute contains a large number of exemptions, including many broad categories.
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