---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200304180523.GA13814@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 18:05:23 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Seventh Circuit Adopts Narrow Definition of Autodialer Under The TCPA By Shannon Petersen & David Poell The Seventh Circuit has recently joined the Second, Third, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits in adopting a narrow interpretation of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"), one that excludes equipment that dials numbers from a customer database. https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/seventh-circuit-adopts-narrow-45636/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200304045726.GA10903@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 04:57:26 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Get In The Know! Our 2019 TCPA Year-End Review Is Finally Here! As has been my tradition, I start each year with a review of all the TCPA cases that were decided the previous year, and 2020 will be no different - although this review is a little later than I would have preferred. Sorry for the delay! Google Scholar tells me there were more than 800 TCPA decisions handed down in 2019. And it was an absolute barnburner for TCPA developments, with huge developments coming out of Congress, as well as from the courts. While most assumed that the FCC would have taken decisive action on the TCPA in the nearly two years since ACA Int'l was handed down, 2019 witnessed more or less complete TCPA silence from the Commission - although the FCC did introduce default call blocking, which should have a huge impact on the number of robocalls received by the average American (even if the rule does threaten to block a large number of legitimate calls in the process). https://www.mondaq.com/Article/897716?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200305142137.GA18201@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 14:21:38 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T Puts More Jobs on the Chopping Block By Matt Kapko AT&T is weighing a long list of plans to cut tens of billions of dollars in costs that will likely result in even more dramatic job losses for the connectivity and entertainment giant's employees. The company previously said it plans to cut $1.5 billion in labor-related costs this year. John Stankey, the company's president and COO who is widely expected to be next in line for the CEO role, said AT&T is looking at "10 broad initiatives that we believe can generate double digits of billions over a three-year planning cycle" at an investor conference. https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/att-puts-more-jobs-on-the-chopping-block/2020/03/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 06 Mar 2020