United States:
Supreme Court To Weigh In On FCC's Interpretation Of "Advertisement" Under TCPA
07 January 2019
by
Jeremy S. Close
,
Meredith Collier
,
David R. Coogan
,
Jennifer Everett
,
Robert Levent Hergüner
,
Richard Johnson
,
Laura Lim
,
Christopher Markham
,
Daniel McLoon
,
Mary Alexander Myers
,
Mauricio Paez
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On November 13, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would determine whether the
Hobbs Act required a district court to accept the FCC's legal
interpretation of the TCPA. The FCC maintained that an unsolicited
fax sent by a major health information provider regarding offers
for a free e-book must have had a commercial goal to be an
advertisement under the TCPA. The Supreme Court will consider the
standard that lower courts must use to determine "when"
and to "what extent" to defer to FCC guidance.
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