A bipartisan coalition of 49 AGs submitted comments to the FCC urging the agency to strengthen its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) to help prevent illegal robocalls. The RMD currently requires voice service providers to submit information about their businesses and robocall prevention practices before they can route calls through the U.S. telecommunications network. The AGs…

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A bipartisan coalition of 50 state and territory AGs sent a letter pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its “Know Your Customer” (KYC) rules to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. communications network to make illegal robocalls.

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Connecticut AG William Tong and the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel entered into a proposed settlement with Charter, Cox Communications, and Cox Enterprises in connection with Charter’s change-of-control application before the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority as a result of Charter’s acquisition of Cox operations in the state.

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The Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force—a bipartisan coalition of 51 AGs that investigates and takes legal action against companies allegedly responsible for illegal robocall traffic routed into and across the United States—announced Phase 2 of “Operation Robocall Roundup,” its nationwide crackdown on illegal robocalls.

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In this Thomson Reuters Westlaw commentary, Navigating The Parallel Agendas Of The Carr FCC And State Attorneys General, Meagan Foster, Maria Colsey Heard, and Charlie Zdebski explore the shifting regulatory landscape in the telecom industry under FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and anticipate that state AGs will continue, and perhaps even increase, their focus on telecom…

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