10/28/2026 4:46:07 PM Clock Starts on FCC TCPA Revocation Order: Effective Date and Comment Deadlines Announced By Susan Duarte As we reported, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules to modify its 2024 revocation rules on September 30, 2026...
10/2/2026 8:31:36 PM FCC Narrows the TCPA “Revoke All” Rule, Permits Exclusive Opt-Out Methods, and Seeks Comment on Shorter Compliance Deadlines By Susan Duarte Martin L. Stern The FCC has given callers two long-sought compliance accommodations and expanded banks’ ability to send fraud alerts. In a Report and...
7/21/2026 8:52:00 PM Seventh Circuit Holds that Text Messages Are Not "Telephone Calls" Under the TCPA By Genevieve Walser-Jolly Stephen Sharbaugh The Seventh Circuit strengthened a meaningful argument in marketing-text message cases for TCPA defendants. In Steidinger v. Blackstone...
6/18/2026 9:45:00 PM FCC’s KYUP FNPRM Signals a Further Shift Toward Prescriptive Robocall Compliance Obligations By Susan Duarte Jill Canfield Stephen Sharbaugh The FCC’s latest robocall proposal marks a significant shift from flexible, principles-based expectations to a far more prescriptive...
3/31/2026 10:13:00 PM Maryland District Court Rejects FCC “Prior Express Written Consent” Requirement Under TCPA By Martin L. Stern Ryan Gillcrist In yet another setback for the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) prior express written consent requirement applicable to...
3/5/2026 7:38:00 PM Fifth Circuit Rejects Application of FCC’s Prior Express Written Consent Requirement for Telemarketing Robocalls in TCPA Litigation By Martin L. Stern Michelle Catapang Ryan Gillcrist On February 26, 2026, in Bradford v. Sovereign Pest Control of TX, Inc., the Fifth Circuit held that the TCPA permits either written or...
12/3/2025 4:54:00 PM Texas Settles Constitutional Challenge to the Texas Mini-TCPA: What This Means By Tyler Bridegan Martin L. Stern Genevieve Walser-Jolly Taylor Ey +1 more... Show less Are you sending marketing text messages or placing telemarketing calls to individuals in Texas? If so, then you’ve probably been tracking...
7/22/2025 2:55:00 PM FCC Repeals One-to-One Consent Rule Following Eleventh Circuit Decision By Stephen Sharbaugh Martin L. Stern An audio summary of this article is available in the player below. Scroll to keep reading. Listen and subscribe to Womble Perspectives...
6/26/2025 9:37:00 PM McLaughlin v. McKesson: Rebalancing the Scales Between Agency and Judicial Interpretation of the TCPA By Tomio Narita Martin L. Stern Michelle Catapang Stephen Sharbaugh +1 more... Show less On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court released a landmark opinion in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc., v. McKesson Corp.,...
6/11/2025 9:59:00 PM FCC Confirms that Utilities Can Send Non-Telemarketing Demand Response Alerts Without Additional Consent By Stephen Sharbaugh Martin L. Stern The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau adopted a Declaratory Ruling, adding demand response alerts to a list of utility...
4/12/2025 12:21:00 AM FCC Grants Narrow One Year Effective Date Extension of TCPA Consent Revocation Requirement By Martin L. Stern Stephen Sharbaugh Readers may recall that in February 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order imposing a number of new TCPA caller and texter compliance...
1/29/2025 9:07:00 PM Loper Blight: 11th Circuit Vacates FCC Lead Generator “One-to-One” and “Logically/Topically Related” Consent Provisions By Martin L. Stern Stephen Sharbaugh In yet a third setback for the FCC since the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright opinion eliminating Chevron deference, the 11th Circuit last...
11/19/2024 4:27:00 PM Litigation Regarding Refer-a-Friend Programs Under Long-Standing Washington Commercial Texting Prohibition on the Rise By Ryan Gillcrist Washington state’s Consumer Electronic Mail Act (“CEMA”), a statute enacted back in 2003 prohibits companies conducting business in...
11/11/2024 8:40:00 PM FCC TCPA One-to-One Lead Generator Consent Rule in Effect January 27, 2025 By Stephen Sharbaugh Martin L. Stern In January 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order that closed the so-called “lead generator loophole,” and also included a number of...
10/17/2024 2:11:00 PM TCPA Consent Transfer: SDNY Case Highlights Key Considerations By Martin L. Stern In a September 2024 opinion, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York (SDNY) addressed the conditions for transfer...
10/16/2024 7:55:00 PM New FCC TCPA Consumer Consent Revocation Mandates Effective April 11, 2025 By Martin L. Stern Stephen Sharbaugh In February 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order imposing a number of new TCPA caller and texter compliance obligations in connection...