News & Analysis as of

Telephone Consumer Protection Act Prior Express Consent Advertising

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.  
Venable LLP

Lead Generation: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

Venable LLP on

In the evolving world of lead generation and performance-based customer acquisition, the quest for profits can lead to big legal risks, some of them too large for advertisers that buy leads through third parties. Advertisers...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New FCC rule on TCPA consent for advertising and telemarketing calls and texts will significantly impact callers who obtain...

Ballard Spahr LLP on

By a vote of 4-1, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) adopted a new rule amending its regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to close what it refers to as the “lead generator loophole.”  ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Consent Provided by Employee in Phone Call Bars Company TCPA Complaint Against Fax Sender - In Certain Circumstances

Womble Bond Dickinson on

In Boone’s Pharmacy, Inc. v. Ezrirx, LLC,1 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Alabama dismissed the plaintiff’s TCPA complaint against a sender of fax advertisements, finding a phone conversation between the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Eastern District of Pennsylvania Holds That Differentiating Service Is an “Advertisement” and Defendant’s Intent in Sending Fax Is...

The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently reaffirmed that an objective “four corners” standard governs whether faxes are “advertisements” that must meet the TCPA’s consent requirement. Separately, any fax that compares...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Losses Mount for a Serial TCPA Plaintiff

In an ever-growing string of losses, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the Northern District of Indiana in denying class certification to serial TCPA plaintiff Gorss Motels, Inc. in Gorss Motels, Inc. v. Brigadoon Fitness, Inc., —...more

Carlton Fields

Supreme Court to Settle Circuit Split on TCPA Autodialer Prohibitions

Carlton Fields on

In our April issue, we covered the beginnings of a circuit split over the extent to which the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits advertisers and other advertising campaigns from using automated dialing...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Court Finds Communications Regarding Employment Opportunity Not Advertisement or Telemarketing Under TCPA

Womble Bond Dickinson on

The TCPA’s regulation of automated telephone calls differ based upon the purpose of the call and/or the content of the message communicated.  Specifically, the TCPA imposes heightened requirements for calls that are deemed...more

Benesch

TCPA Fax Class Action Doomed: Fax Number on Business Card Constitutes Consent

Benesch on

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

Rumberger | Kirk

Is Text Marketing Your Recipe for Success Or Your Company’s Downfall?

Rumberger | Kirk on

Text-marketing (or SMS marketing) can be an essential tool for many small businesses. For a small price, any company can send bulk messages to hundreds of phone numbers of existing and potential customers. Originally...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Courts Continue to Apply TCPA to Ringless Voicemail Services

Hudson Cook, LLP on

Dealers and automotive sales finance companies must proceed with caution when considering using ringless voicemail services to reach leads and current customers. The few courts that have considered the application of the...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Client Alert: The Future of Text Message Marketing

As Americans increasingly rely on text messages to communicate on a daily basis, marketers have taken note, and text advertising and marketing is increasingly common.  Indeed, text messages have a read rate of about 98%, and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

What Constitutes an Advertisement Under the TCPA? Two Courts Draw the Line In Recent Opinions

Womble Bond Dickinson on

Under the TCPA, the difference between “informational” messages and “advertisements,” or “solicitations,” can be a subtle one, and, on many occasions, a business’s TCPA liability – and quite possibly its financial stability –...more

Jones Day

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Significant Reduction of Damages Claim in TCPA Class Action

Jones Day on

The Situation: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit considered constitutional limits on statutory damages awarded under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). The Result: The court affirmed a...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Groundbreaking: Eighth Circuit Confirms TCPA Statutory Damages Were Unconstitutional

Womble Bond Dickinson on

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has released a much-anticipated decision in Golan v. FreeEats.com, Inc, a TCPA case involving the promotion of a movie, Last Ounce of Courage, using a message recorded by former Arkansas...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

Womble Bond Dickinson

Courts Says Ralph Lauren Should Have Designed a Better Text Message Marketing Program

Womble Bond Dickinson on

A decision earlier this month out of the Northern District of Illinois provides important cautionary tales for companies sending marketing text messages, as well as text messaging platform providers. Defendants Ralph Lauren...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Subway Not Liable for T-Mobile Text, Illinois Court Rules

Subway avoided liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when an Illinois federal court dismissed the sandwich chain from the action, based on texts from T-Mobile offering its customers a free Subway...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Bais Yaakov Strikes Again: Nonprofit May Be Fax "Sender" Despite Not Sending Fax

Womble Bond Dickinson on

As we’ve recently highlighted, the FCC is currently seeking industry comment on how it should interpret the term “sender” for purposes of imposing liability for faxes sent in violation of the TCPA. Until the agency releases...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

FCC Seeks Comments on Definition of “Sender” Under Junk Fax Rules by April 8, 2019

Womble Bond Dickinson on

On February 26, 2019, the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (“Akin Gump”) filed a petition (“Petition”) with the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) requesting that the Commission “expeditiously...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Ninth Circuit decision on TCPA autodialer definition settles: what does it mean?

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In September 2018, in Marks v. San Diego Crunch, a unanimous Ninth Circuit three-judge panel held that the TCPA’s definition of an automatic dialing system (ATDS) includes telephone equipment that can automatically dial phone...more

Mintz

TCPA Regulatory Update – FCC Seeks Comment on the Meaning of “Telemarketing” and “Dual Purpose” Under the TCPA

Mintz on

Although the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has been affected by the government shutdown, it released several TCPA items in late December before it suspended most operations due to the lapse in funding....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

I Can See Clearly Now: Court Holds It’s “Abundantly Clear” That the TCPA Requires “Sender” of Fax to Either Physically Transmit or...

Womble Bond Dickinson on

Back in May 2017, Garner Properties & Management, LLC (“Plaintiff”) filed a class action against Defendants Marblecast of Michigan, Inc. (“Marblecast”) and American Woodmark Corporation (“American Woodmark”) in the Eastern...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law

BakerHostetler on

In This Issue: - Puppies Don’t Bring Grandma Home, Says CARU - Influencer Sued for Failure to Influence - FTC Settles With Anti-Diabetes Supplement Company - Ad Agencies Off the Bid-Rigging Hook - Consent Confusion...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

How About That? TCPA Class Action Dismissed as Text Promoting Defendant’s App Was Transactional Message–Express Written Consent...

Womble Bond Dickinson on

Something about December always makes me nostalgic. Maybe its the short days, the cold nights and the warm drinks but I always fancy a walk or two down memory lane this time of year. The recent decision of Phan v. Agoda,...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

From a Deference Dimension: Breaking Down the Supreme Court’s Grant of Certiorari to Consider Whether the Hobbs Act Requires...

Womble Bond Dickinson on

As reported earlier today, the Supreme Court granted the Petition for Certiorari in PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc., No. 17-1705, 2018 WL 3127423 (U.S. Nov. 13, 2018) to consider the following legal...more

55 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide