CONFIRMED!: Senate Sneaks Through a Quick Approval Of Olivia Trusty and the FCC Is Back in Action!

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Great news for everyone.

In an unexpected voice vote the U.S. Senate today approved Olivia Trusty as the third FCC Commissioner.

This is an absolutely critical development following Commissioners Simington and Starks stepping down in the last two weeks.

The FCC was momentarily unable to act and with the BBB tying up the Senate it looked like the FCC might be entirely neutered for a few months.

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However, the process worked (for once.)

The Senate got its act together and pushed through an extraordinary voice approval of Trusty.

To be clear, Trusty’s approval was never in doubt. Everyone I talked to agreed that she was a shoe in for approval it was just a matter of getting the Senate to pay attention to the FCC nomination.

And with the Commission essentially shelved–it was down to just two Commissioners– the Senate acted quickly to bring Trusty into the fold.

This move assures the FCC can now move forward with important initiatives as the Commission has the required 3 commissioners to form a quroum.
Huge webinar– changing the world?

A few people have already asked whether my webinar with Ferree yesterday–in which I advised everyone the FCC had essentially melted down and couldn’t act without Trusty– may have pushed the Senate to act.

Its possible, but I don’t know that. So I will not take full credit for this development.

We will provide additional coverage once her office staff is filled and she moves in.

Very exciting time for everybody, however, and on behalf of myself, Troutman Amin, LLP and as president of R.E.A.C.H. I would like to personally congratulate Ms. Trusty on this incredibly important moment and express my SINCERE pleasure in her taking on a comissionership.

Look forward to working with you!!!

Also free pass to LCOC for you and your entire staff! 🙂

Chat soon.

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The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 70 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.

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  1. Czar, more than once you have posted about free passes to FCC officials. Not trying to ruin the party, but you might want to take a look at 5 CFR Part 2635.

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