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Telephone Consumer Protection Act Certiorari

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.  
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No Incentive Awards for Class Representatives — Eleventh Circuit Rejects Reconsideration En Banc of Its One-of-a-Kind Bar

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Last week, the Eleventh Circuit declined, 7–4, to reconsider en banc a divided panel’s September 2020 decision barring incentive awards to class representatives for their work in class actions. As such, the Eleventh Circuit...more

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Supreme Court Asked to Review Retroactivity of Barr v. AAPC

The retroactivity of the Supreme Court’s decision in Barr v. AAPC is back before the Supreme Court to decide—if, that is, it grants the petition for certiorari that was just filed by the Defendant in Lindenbaum v. Realgy....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules for Facebook in Much-Anticipated TCPA Ruling

Resolves Years of Ambiguity Over What Equipment Is Covered by the TCPA On April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, a case addressing a split among federal circuit courts as to...more

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Supreme Court Issues Monumental TCPA Decision

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In a decision certain to have significant impact on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action litigation, today the U.S. Supreme Court concluded narrowly that to qualify as an “automatic telephone dialing system”,...more

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Class Actions Quarterly Update: Supreme Court

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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

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Supreme Court Considers Modern Applicability of TCPA's Robocall Ban in Duguid v. Facebook

On December 8, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Duguid v. Facebook, a landmark case that will determine whether a consumer can sue a company for using automated technology to text or call that consumer at a...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument over Frequently Litigated Provision of the TCPA

On December 8, 2020, the Supreme Court heard argument in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, a case addressing a split among federal circuit courts as to what constitutes an "automatic telephone dialing system"—often referred to as an...more

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Supreme Court to Hold Oral Argument via Teleconference in Facebook v. Duguid

December 8, 2020, the Supreme Court will hold oral argument via teleconference in Facebook v. Duguid, which concerns the proper interpretation of the TCPA’s definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system...more

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Facebook v. Duguid – US Supreme Court to Decide Crucial Issue Affecting TCPA Liability

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Facebook v. Duguid heads for oral argument before the US Supreme Court on December 8. The case is set to clarify one of the most confusing aspects of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s text affecting TCPA liability...more

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TCPA Subject to Supreme Court Scrutiny (Again) – What Exactly is Autodialing?

The  Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was passed in 1991 and is known by many as the law that created the “do-not-call” rules.  The statute includes a number of restrictions related to telephone, text, and fact...more

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Consumer Law Hinsights – September 2020

Consumer Law Hinsights is a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. This edition also highlights the recently updated 50...more

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Facebook and the United States Submit Briefs in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid

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The Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid has been in the forefront of the TCPA world since July when news of the decision hit. With this granting of certiorari comes the promise to resolve...more

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Supreme Court To Hear Facebook ATDS Argument on December 8th

On September 16, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will conduct a telephonic oral argument for the Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid matter on December 8, 2020. As regular readers of our blog know, the Supreme Court granted...more

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U.S. Government urges Supreme Court to adopt reasonable interpretation of ATDS in TCPA case

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The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid to resolve a deepening circuit split on the question of what qualifies as an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS or autodialer) under the...more

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TCPA: U.S. Government Advocates for Strict Reading of the Statute, ATDS Should Include Random or Sequential Generation Requirement

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The Acting Solicitor General submitted an amicus brief in Facebook v. Duguid on September 4, urging the Supreme Court to find that telephony must randomly or sequentially generate telephone numbers, then dial those numbers in...more

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Facebook And U.S. Government File Supreme Court Briefs Supporting Narrow Interpretation Of ATDS Definition

Last Friday, Facebook and the United States government filed briefs in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, the Supreme Court case that promises to resolve the growing circuit split over the interpretation of the definition of an ATDS....more

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Sixth Circuit follows Second and Ninth Circuits in finding that an ATDS Encompasses Calls Dialed from a List

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Twenty days after the Supreme Court granted petition for writ of certiorari in Facebook v. Duguid to review the question of what constitutes an ATDS under the TCPA, the Sixth Circuit issued its own opinion addressing this...more

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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

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SCOTUS Accepts Review of TCPA "Autodialer" Question

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to wade into the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) fray again - this time over what qualifies as an autodialer under the TCPA. On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court granted writ of...more

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Federally-Backed Debt Collection Exception Not The Supreme Court’s Cup Of T(CPA)

Barr v. Am. Ass’n of Political Consultants, Inc., 2020 WL 3633780, 591 U.S. __ (2020).[1] Earlier this month, the Supreme Court held, in a fractured decision yielding multiple concurring or dissenting opinions, that the...more

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TCPA Tracker - July 2020

Recent News - Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the TCPA - On July 6, 2020, in a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the TCPA, but severed as unconstitutional the 2015 amendment that...more

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SCOTUS Upholds TCPA but Strikes Government Debt Collection Exception

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") has been the subject of significant class and consumer litigation risk exposure for many industries, including financial institutions. In a July 6 ruling, the United States...more

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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

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Circuit Split on Definition of “Autodialer” Under the TCPA Leaves Companies at Risk (UPDATED)

UPDATE: On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari from Facebook Inc., setting the court up to settle the circuit split over what constitutes an autodialer. ...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Special Alert: SCOTUS To Review Scope of TCPA Automatic Telephone Dialing System Definition

On Thursday, July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in Facebook, Inc v. Duguid, regarding the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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