Penn Hill Group Presentation for the NCHELP Legislative Conference Vic Klatt Alex Nock.
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire [email protected]...
-
Upload
william-bryant -
Category
Documents
-
view
212 -
download
0
Transcript of The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire [email protected]...
![Page 1: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire culhane@ballardspahr.com 215.864.8535 2012 NCHELP Winter Legal Meeting January 19,](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022082917/55155e1f55034674578b48bf/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act
John L. Culhane, Jr., [email protected]
2012 NCHELP Winter Legal MeetingJanuary 19, 2012New Orleans, Louisiana
![Page 2: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire culhane@ballardspahr.com 215.864.8535 2012 NCHELP Winter Legal Meeting January 19,](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022082917/55155e1f55034674578b48bf/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
2
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• General Overview
• Select Legislative Developments
• Select Regulatory Developments
• Significant Case Law Developments – Substantive Liability
![Page 3: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire culhane@ballardspahr.com 215.864.8535 2012 NCHELP Winter Legal Meeting January 19,](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022082917/55155e1f55034674578b48bf/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
3
Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011
• Introduced by Rep. Terry on September 22, 2011
• Hearings held on November 4, 2011
• Letter from NAAG sent on December 7, 2011
• Bill pronounced “dead” on December 17, 2011
![Page 4: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire culhane@ballardspahr.com 215.864.8535 2012 NCHELP Winter Legal Meeting January 19,](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022082917/55155e1f55034674578b48bf/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
4
Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011 (cont.)
• Narrows definition of autodialer (use not capacity)
• Permits non-solicitation call for commercial purpose
• Defines prior express consent
• Deems providing a phone number to evidence consent
• Prohibits contrary state regulation
![Page 5: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire culhane@ballardspahr.com 215.864.8535 2012 NCHELP Winter Legal Meeting January 19,](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022082917/55155e1f55034674578b48bf/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
5
FCC Proposed Amendments to TCPA Rules
• Released by the FCC on January 22, 2010 (FCC 10-18, CG Docket No. 02-278)
• Published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 13471)
• Comment periods ended May 21, 2010 and June 21, 2010
• Last indication of status in FCC semi-annual regulatory agenda – “Undetermined”
![Page 6: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire culhane@ballardspahr.com 215.864.8535 2012 NCHELP Winter Legal Meeting January 19,](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022082917/55155e1f55034674578b48bf/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
6
FCC Proposed Amendments (cont.)
• Proposes to “harmonize” FCC and FTC positions
• Would apparently adopt a written consent requirement
• Would apparently eliminate the “established business relationship” exception
• Would apparently conform opt-out and disclosure mechanisms
![Page 7: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act John L. Culhane, Jr., Esquire culhane@ballardspahr.com 215.864.8535 2012 NCHELP Winter Legal Meeting January 19,](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022082917/55155e1f55034674578b48bf/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7
Significant Case Law Developments
• First American Financial Corporation v. Edwards (pending)
• Meadows v. Franklin Collection Service, Inc., 414 Fed. Appx. 230, 2011 WL 479997 (11th Cir. Feb. 11, 2011)