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[Webinar] The Future of the Universal Service Program After the 5th Circuit’s Decision - September 30th, 2:00 pm ET

In July, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found the FCC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) to violate the Constitution in several ways. This decision reversed an earlier decision by a panel of the court...more

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Consumers’ Research Universal Service Litigation Nears Inflection Point

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The Fifth and D.C. Circuit federal appellate courts are now poised to issue pivotal decisions in the ongoing litigation challenging the constitutionality of the FCC’s universal service support mechanisms. Their opinions will...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision in Facebook v. Duguid: Top Takeaways and Issues to Watch

On April 1, 2021, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Facebook v. Duguid, resolving a long-standing circuit split on the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS or autodialer) under...more

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The Supreme Court’s Unanimous Decision Narrows TCPA’s Reach

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The United States Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited opinion clarifying what qualifies as an “autodialer” and is therefore governed by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), potentially providing...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Unpacking the U.S. Supreme Court's Unanimous Facebook Decision Narrowing the TCPA's Autodialer Definition

A unanimous United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on April 1, 2021, resolved more than a decade of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and untold millions of dollars in claims by disentangling the contorted...more

Locke Lord LLP

Supreme Court Adopts Narrow Definition of TCPA Automatic Telephone Dialing System

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Starting in 2003 when the FCC adopted an expansive interpretation of the definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) that included most modern telephone equipment, the plaintiffs’ bar has extracted hundreds...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

U.S. Supreme Court to Address Major TCPA Issue Next Term, Resolving Circuit Split on Autodialer Standard

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Summer in Washington, D.C., is usually a quiet time. D.C.'s summer of 2020 has been anything but quiet, to put it mildly. While there are several existential pulls on our attention this season, we should still take a moment...more

K&L Gates LLP

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Growing Circuit Split on Definition of ATDS

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On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review the question of what type of dialing equipment qualifies as an “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Second Circuit Decision Widens Circuit Split in TCPA Landscape

- In a departure from the majority view, the 2nd Circuit has held that a texting platform need not have the capacity for random or sequential number generation in order to constitute an an automatic telephone dialing system...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Seventh Circuit Adopts Narrow Definition of Autodialer Under The TCPA

The Seventh Circuit has recently joined the Second, Third, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits in adopting a narrow interpretation of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), one...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Circuit Split Created as Eleventh and Seventh Circuits Narrowly Interpret Definition of Auto-Dialer Under the TCPA

We now have a split among federal circuits regarding the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which limits automated calls and text messages. What...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Seventh Circuit Disagrees with Ninth Circuit and Joins the Third and Eleventh Circuit in Adopting a Narrow Interpretation of ATDS

In a decision released on February 19 that relied principally on rules of grammar, the Seventh Circuit held that to be an ATDS under the TCPA, a device must be capable of storing or producing telephone numbers using a random...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Redial: 2019 TCPA Year-in-Review - Analysis of critical issues and trends in TCPA compliance and litigation

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to send you its sixth annual REDIAL: 2019 TCPA YEAR-IN-REVIEW – ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL ISSUES AND TRENDS IN TCPA COMPLIANCE AND LITIGATION. Inside this digital edition, you will find our in-depth...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Eleventh Circuit Endorses Narrow Definition of TCPA Autodialer Creating Circuit Split

On January 27, 2020, a federal court of appeals issued a significant decision interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (commonly referred to as the “TCPA”) in a way that limits the expansive potential liability...more

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Western District of Michigan Finds that the Avaya System is an ATDS Resulting in a Split in Michigan on What Constitutes an ATDS

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan gave us notable cases like Gary v. TrueBlue, Inc., Case No. 17-cv-10544, 2018 WL 3647046 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 1, 2018), where the court held that random or...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

A Busy Week for Fax Advertisements in the Supreme Court

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court declined to review a Ninth Circuit ruling regarding what does and doesn’t qualify as an “advertisement.” Supply Pro Sorbents, LLC v. RingCentral, Inc., No. 18-1381, 2019 WL 1959304 (U.S....more

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District of Minnesota Rejects Marks, Grants Defendant Summary Judgment in TCPA Case

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On November 13, 2018, the District of Minnesota rejected the Ninth Circuit’s expansive interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA’s) automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) provision in Marks v. Crunch...more

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Supreme Court Grants Cert in TCPA Junk Fax Case to Determine Whether the Hobbs Act Trumps the Chevron Doctrine

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On November 13, 2018, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic (No. 17-1705), to answer the question whether the Hobbs Act required the district court to accept the Federal...more

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Any Way You Slice It: Court Holds LiveVox HCI is Not an ATDS Under Even the Broadest Reading of the Term

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Even under Marks, a manually-dialed call remains excluded from the TCPA, at least according to a new decision out yesterday. The District Court in Hatuey v. Ic Sys., No. 1:16-cv-12542-DPW, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193713 (D....more

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Ninth Circuit’s Mandate on ATDS Definition Stayed Pending Petition for Writ of Certiorari

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On November 7, 2018, in the closely-followed case Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, No. 14-56834 (9th Cir.), the Ninth Circuit granted a stay of its ruling on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition of an...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Crunch time - courts split on definition of autodialer under TCPA and FCC requests immediate supplemental comments

On October 3, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) instituted a brief, immediate, supplemental comment period as it seeks to resolve an issue at the heart of thousands of lawsuits filed under the Telephone Consumer...more

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TCPA Alert – What’s that Crunch-ing sound? Reason being destroyed in the Ninth Circuit

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Ever since the D.C. Circuit’s ruling six months ago in ACA Int’l v. FCC, 885 F.3d 687 (D.C. Cir. 2018), which invalidated the FCC’s interpretation of an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”), a consensus had been...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Ninth Circuit Adopts Expansive Definition of Auto-Dialer in TCPA Case

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In a ruling that increases liability for companies that use text messaging for marketing or communicating with customers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit adopted an expansive definition of what constitutes an...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Circuit Split Pronounced by District Court’s Application of Statutory Definition of an ATDS

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While recent TCPA coverage has focused on the Ninth Circuit’s landmark ruling in Marks v. Crunch, a subsequent ruling from a New Jersey District Court serves has a reminder that (thankfully) the Ninth Circuit remains an...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ninth Circuit Creates Split Of Authority as to TCPA’s Scope

• Parting company with the 3rd Circuit, the 9th Circuit has ruled that equipment that can automatically dial stored numbers may qualify as an ATDS under the TCPA. • The ruling creates a split of authority as to whether the...more

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