FCC Targets Offshore Customer Service and Foreign Robocalls in New Proposal

The FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at improving customer service and protecting U.S. consumers by (1) encouraging onshoring of customer service operations and setting baseline standards for any remaining offshore activity, and (2) increasing the cost of unlawful robocalls originating abroad. Comments will be due 30 days after the NPRM …

Rule Interrupted: “Click-to-Cancel” is “Click-to-Gone”

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) negative option rule, better known as the “Click-to-Cancel” rule, which was set to go into effect July 14, 2025, has been vacated in its entirely by the Eighth Circuit in Custom  Communications,  Inc.  v.  FTC, Case No. 24-3137 (8th Cir. July 8, 2025). The court held that the FTC flouted …