Mortgage Bankers Association Asks FCC to Rethink TCPA Order
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is asking the FCC to reconsider a November order by the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau rejecting a petition by the group for an exemption from the prior express consent requirement of the Telephone Consumer…
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Protection Act for autodialed or prerecorded “mortgage servicing” calls to wireless phones (see 1611150046). MBA reported on meetings with aides with the three FCC commissioners to discuss its Dec. 15 application for review of the order. “As we discussed during our meeting, the Order was an inappropriate exercise of delegated authority because the Petition presented a novel legal issue of first impression deserving of full Commission consideration, not a minor or routine matter or one that is settled in nature for the Bureau to decide,” said a filing on one of the meetings, in docket 02-278. “For this reason alone, the Petition deserves full consideration by the Commission untainted by the Bureau’s hasty Order.”