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Major Gaming Company Sued for Making Games Too Challenging - Loot Boxes plus in-game skill adjustments perpetuate addictive behavior? Don’t Hate the Playa - When does a pastime become an addiction?...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

4th Circuit Declines to Consider Dish Network’s “Premature” Appeal of District Court’s $11 Million Final Disbursement Order

As readers of this blog may recall, the Middle District of North Carolina recently denied Dish Network’s request for reversion of $11 million in unclaimed funds from the jury-awarded damages in a TCPA class action trial. See...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Despite Absence of Settlement, Unclaimed Funds To Be Distributed To Government Or Charity Rather Than Revert To Dish Network

Last week, the federal judge presiding over a class action against Dish Network (“Dish”) denied a request for reversion of $11 million in unclaimed funds, deciding instead that the funds—which were the product of a trial...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Briefing in Dish Network’s Petition to the Supreme Court Complete

Does a “call placed in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, without any allegation or showing of injury—even that plaintiffs heard the phone ring—suffice to establish concrete injury for purposes of Article III...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Fourth Circuit Upholds $61 Million Judgment Against Dish Network for Third-Party TCPA Violations

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The recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirming the district court's judgment imposing more than $61 million in damages against Dish Network for its vendor's violations of the Telephone...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Fourth Circuit Affirms $61 Million Treble Damages Award in TCPA Class Action Against Marketing Agency’s Customer

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 30, 2019, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in Krakauer v. Dish Network, L.L.C., No. 18-1518 (4th Cir. May 30, 2019), that paved the way for TCPA plaintiffs to collect historic awards from...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Who’s calling? Standards for third-party liability under the TCPA

Companies that market products through third-party agents or distributors face a particular risk under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when their agents call, text or fax consumers without obtaining the necessary...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Cutting the Cord: Can Courts Trim TCPA Statutory Damages?

Whether courts can reduce statutory damages awards under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is an ongoing issue because potential liability can be strikingly disproportionate given the lack of actual harm to class...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

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Tesla’s rise to the top of the US car heap in terms of market value raised a lot of eyebrows a few months ago. GM bumped it back down yesterday, but its three months as #1 marked what felt like a serious shift in the auto...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Dish Network to Dish Out $341M for TCPA Violations

Two recent judgements against Dish Network LLC (“Dish”) for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and similar state and federal laws demonstrate the significant liability companies may face based on the...more

Carlton Fields

Dish Network Liable for $61 Million After North Carolina District Court Trebles Damages in TCPA Class Action

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A North Carolina district court recently held that Dish Network (“Dish”) willfully violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when Satellite Systems Network (SSN) made more than 50,000 telemarketing and sales calls...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

TCPA Connect - February 2017

Case Not Moot Even After Rule 67 Funds Deposited - Is a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action moot where a defendant actually deposits sufficient funds with the court to satisfy a plaintiff’s claim pursuant to...more

Carlton Fields

Arbitrator’s Decision On Availability Of Collective And Class Arbitration Withstands Procedural And Substantive Challenges

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A Colorado federal court recently denied DISH Network (“DISH”)’s petition to vacate an arbitration award that decided an arbitration agreement with former employee Ray permitted collective or class certification. The...more

Perkins Coie

TCPA Litigation Newsletter - April 2015

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In This Issue: - TCPA Litigation And Regulatory Interpretation - Class Certification - Settlements - Insurance Coverage - Excerpt from TCPA Litigation And Regulatory Interpretation: ...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

TCPA Connect - January 2015

Dish Could Face Billions in TCPA Liability - Dish Network is liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act not only for telemarketing calls made by the company, but for those a call center and other third parties...more

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Defendant-Business Not Vicariously Liable For Third-Party B2B’s Unsolicited Fax Advertisements In Putative TCPA Class Action

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In Palm Beach Gold Center-Boca, Inc. v. Sarris, No. 12-80178, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155912 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 22, 2013), the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently granted summary judgment in...more

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