---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20201224194811.288CF7BB@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:48:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: PPE Advertisements Lead To TCPA Fax Lawsuit By Neil Asnen A class action lawsuit has been filed against a medical equipment seller for alleged violations of the junk fax provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). The TCPA fax lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, arises from the alleged receipt of unsolicited fax advertisements for the sale of personal protective equipment (PPE), including facemasks. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/advertising-marketing-branding/1019110/ppe-advertisements-lead-to-tcpa-fax-lawsuit?email_access=on ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20201224060124.63FB77A1@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:01:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T Is Sad Because Nobody Wants To Overpay For DirecTV from the synergies,-yo dept By Karl Bode U.S. Telecom providers, as companies that have spent the better part of the last century as government-pampered monopolies, are adorable when they try to innovate or seriously compete in more normal, competitive markets. Verizon's attempt to pivot from curmudgeonly old phone company to sexy new ad media darling, for example, has been a cavalcade of clumsy errors, missteps, and wasted money. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201221/10160445930/att-is-sad-because-nobody-wants-to-overpay-directv.shtml ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20201224022541.B5EA67A1@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 02:25:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Untouchable No More: Reinforcements Arrive For TCPA Defendants Battling The FCC's Aggressive Expansion Of The Statute by Alex McFall and Benjamin William Perry The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was signed into law almost 30 years ago when around 3% of the population owned cellular telephones and no one had heard of - let alone sent - a text message. Since that time, the legislature has substantively amended the TCPA only once to create a government debt exception. Despite the TCPA's antiquated language and minimal amendments, it is the basis for thousands of lawsuits each year, with one study reporting that TCPA actions have increased by 740% in the last decade alone. The aggres- sive evolution of the TCPA to cover everything from automated text messaging systems to reassigned cellular telephone numbers to auto- matic opt-out provisions is largely attributable to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and, up until last week, TCPA defendants have been practically defenseless against the FCC's far reach. But with the release of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc. v. PDR Network, LLC, it's open season on the FCC's TCPA regulations. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/advertising-marketing-branding/1017394/untouchable-no-more-reinforcements-arrive-for-tcpa-defendants-battling-the-fcc39s-aggressive-expansion-of-the-statute?email_access=on ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 27 Dec 2020