11th Circuit TCPA Decision Sees Clash Over Intervenors
The National Consumers League (NCL) and four small business owners are at odds with the Insurance Marketing Coalition over whether the NCL parties should be allowed to seek rehearing of a federal court ruling on a 2023 FCC robocall and…
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robotext order. In a docket 24-10277 reply Friday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the proposed intervenors said they sought permission to intervene as soon as it became clear the U.S. government wouldn't defend the FCC's 2023 order. They filed a motion to intervene last month (see 2502200004). The proposed intervenors said Friday they don't intend to relitigate the rule but "only seek to advance the case as the Government would if it was still defending the Rule." In its opposition last month, the coalition said the petition is untimely, and NCL can still advocate for its interests during proceedings before the FCC on remand.