From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   by Alex McFall and Benjamin William Perry   
      
   The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was signed into law   
   almost 30 years ago when around 3% of the population owned cellular   
   telephones and no one had heard of - let alone sent - a text   
   message. Since that time, the legislature has substantively amended   
   the TCPA only once to create a government debt exception. Despite the   
   TCPA's antiquated language and minimal amendments, it is the basis for   
   thousands of lawsuits each year, with one study reporting that TCPA   
   actions have increased by 740% in the last decade alone. The   
   aggressive evolution of the TCPA to cover everything from automated   
   text messaging systems to reassigned cellular telephone numbers to   
   automatic opt-out provisions is largely attributable to the Federal   
   Communications Commission (FCC), and, up until last week, TCPA   
   defendants have been practically defenseless against the FCC's far   
   reach. But with the release of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals   
   decision in Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc. v. PDR Network, LLC,   
   it's open season on the FCC's TCPA regulations.   
      
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