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Discussing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the 2020 Election
The TCPA: Deep Dive: Details, Class Actions, Regulations, and Defense Strategies
The TCPA: Basics, Targeted Industries, and Trends
A Texas federal court recently granted summary judgment for the defendant in a TCPA putative class action, finding that prerecorded calls to schedule a pest inspection were informational rather than telemarketing. Bradford v....more
A California federal court recently granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim brought by a plaintiff alleging that she received a trio of unwanted phone calls, finding that she...more
An Arizona federal court determined that opt-in texts could violate the TCPA in a new decision. Although Monica Abboud registered her phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry, she alleged that she received...more
In Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, Ltd, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending a text message to her cell phone using an automatic...more
Recently, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granted in part a motion to dismiss a TCPA claim in a putative class action. The Court found that although the plaintiff...more
The proliferation of privacy-related law suits filed against a wide range of companies related to website tracking/analytics will continue in 2023, joining robocall and biometric privacy disputes. Join Kelley Drye Privacy...more
A plaintiff’s request to stop sending text messages trumps the “emergency purposes” exception to mandated consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a Florida federal court recently ruled. Linda Farhat sued...more
Among the many unusual aspects of 2021 is that the same insurance company was before a federal appellate court on two separate but contemporaneous cases – one in which the insurer was asserting a lack of insurance coverage...more
The TCPA has long been a breeding ground for innovative and aggressive plaintiffs and the attorneys who represent them. A recent federal district court decision highlights an important limitation on claims under the...more
A New Jersey federal court has refused to hold the CEO of companies also named as defendants in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit personally liable. ...more
The latest trends and developments in the class action world. Since our last update was published, the United States Supreme Court has addressed a number of appeals involving class actions. Requirement of Concrete...more
The Sixth Circuit recently became the first federal court of appeals to weigh in on whether plaintiffs can bring TCPA claims for conduct occurring between November 2015 and July 2020—the respective dates on which the...more
Granting dismissal of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) suit against a health insurance company, a Tennessee federal court determined that the company was neither directly nor vicariously liable for the calls...more
The Supreme Court ruled on several cases involving class actions in the last few months. A case awaiting certiorari could dramatically change the jurisdictional requirements for plaintiffs in class actions across the country....more
It can fairly be said that the statutory definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS”) has generated far more questions than answers—for courts and litigants alike. This is especially true in the wake of ACA...more
The Northern District of Illinois recently entered summary judgment against a group of plaintiffs because it found the system at issue was not an ATDS. In Smith v. Premier Dermatology, No. 17-3712, 2019 WL 4261245 (N.D....more
A Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) defendant was able to overcome the plaintiff’s attempt to certify a nationwide class by demonstrating the need for individualized analysis in a decision from an Illinois federal...more
The Northern District of Illinois recently clarified that a “revocation class” that defines a putative class as those having made “a request to stop calling [their] number” does not satisfy Rule 23(b)(3)’s predominance...more
On May 30, 2019, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a $61,000,000 classwide judgment against Dish Network based on violations of the TCPA’s National Do Not Call Registry (“DNC”) rules committed by Dish’s outside agent Satellite...more
The world of the TCPA is marked by constant flux and 2018 proved to be a particularly fluctuating year as the TCPA yo-yo'ed between positive court decisions, alarming legal enforcement against violators of the TCPA, and...more
...As TCPAland dwellers know, these class action suits are generally much more about the almighty dollar than about any actual frustration or harm from text messages. And where money and politics intersect, look out. ...more
The cannabis industry seems to be attracting a lot attention these days. Eaze Solutions, Inc. – the so-called “Uber of Weed” – was hit with a second class action today alleging it sent unsolicited text messages advertising...more
Finding that the telephone system used by the defendant was not an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), a Florida federal court dismissed a putative TCPA class action....more
Have the GOP’s Hopes for Enacting the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act Been Dashed? – Passed in March 2017 by the U.S. House of Representatives, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, H.R. 985, has...more
Trust for TRUSTe’s COPPA Changes? FTC Seeks Comment - Changes may be coming to TRUSTe’s safe harbor program under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule, and the Federal Trade Commission is seeking public...more