FCC Reconsiders Government Contractors’ Classification as TCPA Non-“Persons”
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/20
The FCC in 2016 determined that the federal government was not a “person” subject to the TCPA, and that by extension, federal contractors working within the scope of their delegated authority were also not bound by TCPA restrictions. This Broadnet Declaratory Ruling was the subject of at least one prominent dissent. At the time, then-Commissioner Ajit Pai observed: “[I]t is odd to suggest that a contractor’s status as a ‘person’ could switch on or off depending on one’s behavior or relationship...
By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP