TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 6, 2020

Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is praising a new federal law known as the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED), which the president signed into law on Dec. 30. The TRACED Act is the first federal law designed to combat the rampant problem of robocalls, which increased by more than 36% in 2018. The law will prioritize industry-wide implementation of call authentication protocols, a framework that will allow voice providers to adopt call-blocking technology and prevent spoofed calls at no additional cost to consumers. It also creates an interagency working group to take additional actions to reduce robocalls and hold telemarketers and robocallers accountable.