FCC Telemarketing Rule To Stem Flood Of Calls, DC Circ. Told

Law360, Washington (January 25, 2016, 6:27 PM EST) -- A pair of consumer groups stood with the Federal Communications Commission in D.C. Circuit briefs Friday, maintaining the agency's latest rule under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act will prevent millions of unsolicited phone calls to consumers.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the National Consumer Law Center both defended the FCC's 2015 order that redefined the limits of telemarketing with autodialers, or any type of device with the potential to dial or sequence random numbers, among other measures under the TCPA. Their filings come amid a challenge to the rule from Sirius XM, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other trade...

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