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In the latest nail in the TCPA fax case certification coffin, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a denial of class certification in Career Counseling, Inc. v. AmeriFactors Fin. Grp., LLC, Nos. 22-1119 and 22-1136, 2024 US App. LEXIS...more
In Career Counseling, Inc. v. Amerifactors Financial Group, LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a district court’s decision denying class certification in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...more
The Eighth Circuit in BPP v. CaremarkPCS Health, L.L.C., 2022 WL 16955461 (8th Cir. 2022), recently affirmed a district court’s decision to grant summary judgment because the fax at issue was not an “unsolicited...more
Earlier this week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted summary judgment for a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) that allegedly violated the TCPA by sending unsolicited advertisements via fax to...more
We bring you our May Insurance Update. In this month’s update: •The Minnesota Supreme Court considers an issue of first impression over the reasonableness of settlement agreements that fail to allocate between covered and...more
Periodically, Nexsen Pruet member Marc Manos, a member of the SC Bar Torts and Insurance Practice Section Council, sheds light on a few recent cases from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, focused in the areas of tort &...more
Since the enactment of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), the FCC has long held that persons who knowingly and voluntarily release their telephone numbers have provided prior express consent to be called. But...more
On March 30, 2020, a Pennsylvania federal district court granted an insurer's motion for summary judgment, ruling that coverage for a TCPA class action claim was barred by the intentional acts exclusion in its Businessowners...more
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut recently dealt another blow to serial TCPA plaintiff, Gorss Motels, Inc., granting summary judgment to the defendant in Gorss Motels, Inc. v. Lands’ End, Inc.,...more
Consent is the most powerful weapon companies have against TCPA liability, and a recent Eleventh Circuit opinion illustrates how. In Gorss Motels, Inc. v. Safemark Systems, L.P., the Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment...more
Real Property Update - Quiet Title / Extinguishment: mortgage merged and ceased to be an encumbrance when the mortgage on land and the equity of redemption in the same land become united in the same person - Young Land...more
On May 28, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of Defendants Optum, Inc. and OptumInsight, Inc. related entities...more
The Eleventh Circuit recently held that sending a fax in violation of the TCPA is not considered an “accident” in determining whether coverage existed for TCPA claims under a commercial general liability insurance policy. ...more
As we head into 2019, there are plenty of reasons for optimism in the TCPA defense bar. Courts nationwide have continued to interpret the ACA v. FCC ruling favorably to defendants at both the motion to dismiss and summary...more
If you have seen members of the TCPA plaintiffs’ bar sweating a bit more than usual lately, it’s not just the summer heat—they’re probably concerned about the steady stream of positive cases for the defense bar over the past...more
OCEAN CITY – A local man is fighting to save his beachfront home after a crushing legal award of $12.5 million in damages. He said it’s over sending a single fax to a company in Pope County, Ark. Gene Kalsky was recently...more
Lyft Swerves to Avoid TCPA Claim, But Suit Continues - A Washington federal court issued a mixed decision for Telephone Consumer Protection Act defendant Lyft recently by allowing the suit to move forward on state law...more
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), 42 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C), prohibits the fax transmission of unsolicited advertisements without the prior express permission of the recipient, absent an established...more