State Restricted Do Not Call Dates
May 4, 2022 – Rhode Island Independence Day
May 30, 2022 – National Memorial Day
*Also Jefferson Davis’ birthday
Canadian Restricted Do Not Call Dates
May 23, 2022 – Victoria Day
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been adopting a new strategy for enforcing robocall regulations that involves signing Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with state attorneys general. In recent weeks, the FCC has announced MOUs with multiple states, usually in batches.
The four current members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took questions from the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on March 31. As part of those discussions, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel suggested that the FCC would benefit from legislation to give the commission additional robocall enforcement powers.
A lot happens in the world of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations and it can be easy to miss some important stories. This is a roundup of such stories, making sure that they don’t fall between the cracks of our larger TCPA news coverage.
Two years ago, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Declaratory Ruling on how calls and texts related to the pandemic could fit within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) emergency purposes exemption.
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she has levied $2.15 million in fines against an energy services company for dishonest practices and violations of both the federal and state do not call (DNC) list laws.