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At long last, the Supreme Court issued its ruling on  Background For any company that markets via text messages, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") has been a major source of potential liability, providing for steep statutory damages for any company that uses an automatic telephone dialing system ("autodialer") to send text messages to consumers without their prior express consent. The TCPA defines an autodialer as equipment with the capacity to both "store or produce telephone nu...

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, which significantly restricts the scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...

Recent News Inovalon Seeks Timely and Favorable Decision on Junk Fax Petition On March 9, 2021 Inovalon, Inc. submitted a letter urging the FCC to answer Inovalon’s Petition for Declaratory Ruling and affirm that “faxes with no direct commercial purpose, and offering no commercially available products or services to the recipients, are not ‘advertisements’ under the TCPA and JFPA.” The letter, an ex parte notice, updates the Commission on new activity in the junk fax class action agai...

Global Media & Entertainment Investments has sought permission to take almost 50% shareholding in iHeartMedia, Inc. Global currently holds just under 9% shareholding of iHeartMedia after an investment vehicle funded by Global investor Michael Tabor (previously known as Honeycomb) made the transaction last month. Global Media’s lawyer informed iHeart’s counsel of its plans on February 5th to take on more shareholding and said any further stock acquisition and request for routine advance appr...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This edition of the “Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update” offers a summary of and insight into the relevant industry developments that occurred during the month of February. Executive Orders President Biden Issues Executive Order to Strengthen America’s Supply Chains On February 24, President Biden signed the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains, to deliver on his campaign promise to strengthen critica...

iHeartMedia Announces New Operational Structure More cap ex spending is in its plans Published: February 26, 2021 iHeartMedia is realigning its business operations by creating two new segments. The media company says it is making the adjustments to better reflect its increased focus on digital and improve visibility into the underlying performances of each segment. The Mutliplatform Group will include the company’s 860 broadcast radio stations, Premiere Networks and its vi...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 The next-generation of wireless technologies – known as 5G – is here.  Not only is it expected to offer network speeds that are up to 100 times faster than 4G LTE and reduce latency to nearly zero, it will allow networks to handle 100 times the number of connected devices, revolutionizing business and consumer connectivity and enabling the “Internet of Things.”  Leading policymakers – federal regulators and legislators – are making it a top prio...

Advertisement Telecom Alert - Rosenworcel Named Acting Chairwoman; Pole Attachment Declaratory Ruling; T-Band Application Suspension Modifications; C-Band Earth Stations Filing; White House Regulatory Freeze Vol. XVIII, Issue 4 Monday, January 25, 2021 Rosenworcel Named Acting Chairwoman Last Thursday, President Joseph Biden designated Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as Acting Chairwoman of the FCC.  Rosenworcel, who has served as a Commissioner for two terms starting in 2012, rep...

Advertisement TCPA Regulatory Update — Busy End of 2020, Early 2021 as FCC Continues Traced Act Implementation & Takes Other Actions on Robocalls and Spoofing Monday, January 25, 2021 Ending 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) raced to implement several of the Congressionally imposed TRACED Act (“Act”) deadlines to combat illegal robocalls. First, on December 29, the FCC adopted a Report and Order implementing Section 8 of the Act, whic...

Monday, January 25, 2021 The TRACED Act’s December 30, 2020 deadline was not the end of the FCC’s recent series of actions to bring more clarity to certain forms of TCPA exemptions. Most recently, on January 15, 2021, the FCC issued a Declaratory Ruling “clarify[ing] that a call to a residential telephone line seeking an individual’s participation in a clinical pharmaceutical trial is not subject to the TCPA’s restrictions on prerecorded calls.” Instead, the FCC stated...