The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) definition of prohibited “autodialer” equipment in the case of ACA International v. FCC.
The ruling invalidates the agency’s 2015 declaratory rule interpreting provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act pertaining to automated communications between companies and consumers.
Find out what factors went into the court’s decision, as well as how the FCC commissioner and the financial industry reacted to the news.