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Courts Need FCC Clarification of Junk Fax Rules, Akin Gump Says

Clarifying junk fax rules would help courts, resulting in earlier resolutions and more consistent treatment of defendants, reducing "unnecessary and unjustified settlements," Akin Gump representatives told FCC Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau staffers, recounted a docket 05-338 posting Tuesday. The…

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law firm petitioned the agency to make clear liability issues between senders and advertisers when that sender commits Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations and deceives the advertiser (see 1903070051). During the meeting, it cited a dozen types of cases that could use such clarification and said without that guidance, similarly situated defendants are receiving different treatment from different U.S. district or U.S. circuit courts.