FROSH JOINS COALITION TO FIGHT ROBOCALLS

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is joining a coalition of 35 other attorneys general in fighting against robocalls. The group filed an amicus brief, in which state argue that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s robocall ban was enforceable from 2015 to 2020. The brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, asks the court to reverse a lower court ruling, and argues the Supreme Court’s 2020 decision made clear the invalid government-debt exception did not affect the TCPA’s primary robocall ban. It further argues that the district court’s decision was inconsistent with basic principles of severability.