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   FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Issues Declaratory Ruling   
   on TCPA and Calls to Recruit Clinical Drug Trial Participants   
      
   Monday, January 18, 2021   
      
   The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Bureau of Consumer and   
   Governmental Affairs (Bureau) has granted a Petition For Declaratory   
   Ruling submitted in 2014 by Acurian, Inc. (Acurian) "asking the   
   Commission to clarify that a call to a residential telephone line   
   seeking an individual's participation in a clinical pharmaceutical   
   trial is not subject to the [Telephone Consumer Protection Act's   
   (TCPA)]... restrictions on prerecorded calls." Acurian argued that   
   "its calls are not made for a commercial purpose or, alternatively, do   
   not include or introduce an advertisement or constitute telemarketing,   
   and thus do not require the individual's prior express written   
   consent."   
      
   https://www.natlawreview.com/article/fcc-consumer-and-government   
   l-affairs-bureau-issues-declaratory-ruling-tcpa-and   
      
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