The American Collections Association, along with 7 other companies and trade associations, all filed suit against the FCC in 2015 following the FCC's July 2015 Order "clarifying" the definition of an autodialer, who the "called party" is, and how to revoke consent.
Calls with a prerecorded message or made using an automated telephone dialing system to a Voice-over-Internet number with limited minutes should be treated the same as calls to a cellphone under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a New York federal court has ruled.
On September 22, members of the U.S. House of Representatives (Communications & Technology Subcommittee of the Energy & Commerce Committee) convened a meeting to discuss desperately needed, common sense TCPA reform.
On August 4, 2016, the FCC issued a declaratory ruling in response to petitions from Blackboard, Inc., as well as a joint petition by Edison Electric Institute and the American Gas Association. Both petitions sought clarifications on the already existing "emergency purposes" exemption in the TCPA.