Message-ID: <20210410041225.0F0EA7FE@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 04:12:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Renewed Attempt At ADA Web Accessibility Legislation
by Kristina M. Launey and Minh Vu
On February 18, 2021, U.S. Representatives Ted Budd (R-NC), Richard
Hudson (R-NC), and Lou Correa (D-CA) re-introduced the Online
Accessibility Act in Congress as H.R. 1100. The bill would codify the
principle declared by some courts, such as the Ninth Circuit in
Domino's, that a website (and mobile app) that is not accessible can
violate the ADA, and set a standard by which accessibility is measured
for the purpose of compliance with the ADA.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1054136/renewed-attempt-at-ada-web-accessibility-legislation-?email_access=on
Message-ID: <20210410035942.026FE7FE@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 03:59:41 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: CLECs Challenge FCC's 2019 Access Stimulation Rules
by J. Tyson Covey and Brian A. McAleenan
Briefing is now complete at the D.C. Circuit in the latest appeal
involving the FCC's rules on access stimulation schemes. Access
stimulation (or traffic pumping) refers to a practice in which a local
telephone company partners with entities that generate large amounts
of terminating long-distance traffic, such as "free" conference
calling providers and chat lines. This allows the local telephone
company to generate large revenues from the access charges that
long-distance carriers must pay to terminate the calls through the
local telephone company. The revenues are then shared with the
conferencing or chat line entities, which allows the services to be
"free" to the end users.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1054710/clecs-challenge-fcc39s-2019-access-stimulation-rules?email_access=on
Message-ID: <20210410040225.418BD7FE@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 04:02:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Facebook Wins Battle Of The Canons In Supreme Court
Autodialer Case
by J. Tyson Covey
In a hotly anticipated decision that should have significant impact on
litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA),
the Supreme Court held, 9-0, that the TCPA's definition of an
"autodialer" does not include equipment that merely stores telephone
numbers to be dialed automatically, unless the equipment does so using
a random or sequential number generator. Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid,
No. 19-511 (U.S., April 1, 2021).
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1054774/facebook-wins-battle-of-the-canons-in-supreme-court-autodialer-case?email_access=on
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