A Tale of Two Circuits: How Conflicting Rulings on Customer Location Data Will Shape the Future of Telemarketing Compliance
August 19, 2025
The telecommunications industry is currently navigating a complex legal landscape, with recent decisions from two different U.S. Courts of Appeals reaching conflicting decisions on critical questions surrounding customer data privacy, agency enforcement powers, and fundamental constitutional rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld a significant FCC forfeiture order regarding sharing location-based data against Sprint and T-Mobile, while the Fifth Circuit earlier vacated a similar order against AT&T. …
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Breaking News: North Carolina House Unanimously Adopts Amendment Eliminating One-to-One Consent Requirement Following EIA Advocacy
May 7, 2025
The NC House of Representatives has reportedly unanimously adopted Amendment No. A to HB 936. This amendment eliminates the controversial "one-to-one consent" requirement. This significant development follows extensive advocacy efforts by the EIA, including speaking directly to the NC House Judiciary 3 Committee and bringing together a coalition of industry stakeholders to raise serious concerns.…
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After 11th Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule, North Carolina Proposes Its Own Version
May 1, 2025
The landscape of consent for automated calls and texts remains complex following the 11th Circuit Court's decision to vacate the FCC's ultra vires "one-to-one" consent rule. As we've discussed previously on the EIA blog, this ruling invalidated the FCC’s efforts to put new restrictions on consumer’s ability to provide consent to receive calls from multiple businesses at the same time.…
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