FCC Opinion On TCPA Consent Could Impact Debt Collectors
Richmond partners Alan Wingfield, David Anthony and associate Virginia Flynn, and San Diego partner Chad Fuller and associate Naomi Spector had their Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor article republished August 19 onLaw360 – “ FCC Opinion On TCPA Consent Could Impact Debt Collectors.”
“The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in late June 2014 responded to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ request in Nigro v. Mercantile Adjustment Bureau for the FCC to opine on a specific question,” the group stated. “The Second Circuit asked whether prior express consent existed under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for an individual’s provision of a cell phone number when calling about a debt to which he was not obligated. The FCC’s opinion, which may well be binding on the courts, has important implications for any user of an automated telephone dialing system to contact consumers on cell phone numbers.”