Consumer, Privacy Groups Request Full Court Rehearing in 11th Circuit Decision to Overturn Telemarketing Rule
Groups call for en banc rehearing to reconsider a three-judge panel’s decision to vacate the FCC's One-to-One Consent Rule.
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Insurance Marketing Coalition Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.
Insurance Marketing Coalition Ltd. v. FCC, et al., No. 24-10277 (11th Cir.) This case was brought by an insurance trade group against the FCC to challenge the validity of the FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule, which would require telemarketers to obtain consent directly from a consumer before robocalling them. The Rule would have eliminated billions of…
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Top Six TCPA/Robocall Developments in 2024/2025
This article summarizes current Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and robocall developments.
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2025 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities
NCLC will pursue common-sense regulatory and legislative reforms to ensure fairness, fight fraud, and protect consumers in 2025.
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Ex Parte for Am Bankers & Other Legal Callers & NCLC to FCC: Stop Scam Messages
The American Bankers Association, the Bank Policy Institute, Edison Electric Institute, and other trade associations representing banks, credit unions, other financial services providers, and electric utility companies, along with NCLC joined together for this meeting because they are united in their commitment to combating criminals who attempt to defraud consumers by impersonating legitimate businesses through…
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Amicus Brief to 11th Circuit Support FCC's One-to-One Consent Rule for Prerecorded Telemarketing Calls
This amicus brief is in support of the FCC's Dec. 2023 regulations strengthening requirements for prior express consent for prerecorded telemarketing calls.
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Comments to FCC on Wireless Providers Exemption and Automated Opt Out
The FCC should not allow wireless providers to continue to be exempt from compliance with the consent requirements for automated calls and texts to its customers. The requirement in 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(b)(3) that some calls to residential lines using an automated or prerecorded voice (prerecorded voice calls) provide an automated opt-out mechanism should apply…
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Consumer Groups Support of One-to-One Consent Rule
As illustrated in the hundreds of express comments filed in this proceeding from small businesses that are not lead generators or telemarketers, the “economic consequences” of the Commission’s order will be overwhelmingly positive for small business because telemarketing messages to their telephones cost them– in money, time, and missed calls.
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FCC Must Increase Accountability in Fight to End SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud
Reply comments filed yesterday with the FCC call for substantially stronger rules to protect cell phone users from SIM swap and port-out frauds.
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Coalition Reply Comments to the FCC Regarding New Rules to Prevent SIM Swap and Port-out Fraud
Reply comments applaud the FCC for its response to carrier vulnerabilities leading to SIM swap and port-out fraud.
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Letter Urging the FCC to Require an Automated Opt Out for All Calls with Prerecorded Voice
This letter requests the FCC--again--to require an automated opt-out mechanism for all calls, including non-telemarketing calls to cell phones, that include a prerecorded voice.
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Consumer and Privacy Group Comments to FCC Urging the Elimination of Rotating Numbers for Robocalls
These comments urge the FCC to explicitly prohibit the temporary rental of outward dialing telephone numbers to robocallers, to eliminate this method of evading caller ID requirements.
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