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Telephone Consumer Protection Act Treble Damages

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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Treble Damages Require Willful, Knowing Conduct, Ninth Circuit Says

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on treble damages in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) dispute involving junk faxes. True Health Chiropractic sued McKesson Corp. for violating the...more

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Ninth Circuit Clarifies Standards for Certifying a Class and Determining Treble Damages Under TCPA

Last week, the Ninth Circuit in True Health Chiropractic, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. (True Health II), No. 22-15710 (9th Cir. Oct. 25, 2023), affirmed the Northern District of California’s earlier ruling in True Health...more

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Washington Federal Court Finds Sufficient Allegations of Prerecorded Calls But Dismisses Claims for Treble Damages and Injunctive...

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

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One Call, One Damage Award, Holds Texas Federal Court

After a jury awarded a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) plaintiff $8,500 in damages at trial, the judge declined to treble the award—and instead cut it to $6,500....more

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Plaintiff’s Cellphone Qualifies as Residential Telephone

U.S. District Court Judge J. Paul Oetken in the Southern District of New York held that a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) plaintiff sufficiently alleged facts in order to survive a motion to dismiss on his...more

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Southern District of New York Denies Motion to Dismiss Because Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleged That He Was a “Residential...

The TCPA’s Do Not Call (DNC) regulations prohibit telephone solicitations to “residential telephone subscriber[s]” who have “registered [their] telephone number on the national do-not-call registry.” See 47 C.F.R. §...more

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ATDS Sufficiently Alleged, Illinois Court Says

The use of a “STOP” notification in a text message—as well as a dedicated 1-833 toll-free number and the generic nature of the message—may indicate the use of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), an Illinois federal...more

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Court Refuses to Reduce $925M in Aggregate Statutory Damages

The District of Oregon recently found that a $925,220,000 damages award was not unconstitutionally excessive, reasoning that due process does not limit the aggregate statutory damages that can be awarded in a class action...more

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Another Defendant Falls Victim to Marks' Broad Definition of an ATDS

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The Marks decision gets stronger by the day. In a recent case out of the District Court for the Eastern District of California, a judge applied the Marks definition of an ATDS and granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary...more

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Court Rejects Attempt to Treble $925 Million Statutory Damages Award

The District of Oregon recently denied a motion for treble damages following a jury verdict finding that defendant made over 1.8 million advertising calls to the named plaintiff and other members of a certified class....more

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Fourth Circuit Upholds $61 Million Judgment Against Dish Network for Third-Party TCPA Violations

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The recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirming the district court's judgment imposing more than $61 million in damages against Dish Network for its vendor's violations of the Telephone...more

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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Affirms $61,000,000 TCPA Judgement Against Dish Network

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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

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Grateful Dead: Sixth Circuit Holds TCPA Claim Survives Death of Plaintiff

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On Friday, the Sixth Circuit held in a matter of first impression that claims under TCPA survive the death of the Plaintiff, and may be prosecuted by a successor-in-interest. In Parchman v. SLM Corp., No. 17-5968, 2018...more

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Seventh Circuit Rejects Latest Attempt To Pick Off TCPA Plaintiffs

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Defense counsel facing potential multimillion-dollar judgments from the threat of class action proceedings—particularly class actions brought under statutes providing for treble damages and attorney’s fees, such as the...more

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See No Evil: Willful Blindness Costs Dish Network $341,000,000 For TCPA Violations

Willful blindness when it comes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) could cost companies millions in statutory damages and penalties. Dish Network has been ordered in two cases to pay a total of $341 million based...more

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Dish Network Liable for $61 Million in Treble Damages for Service Provider's TCPA Violations

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A recent federal court ruling provides a potent reminder that companies can be held liable for consumer protection law violations committed by third-party vendors—and underscores the importance of maintaining strong vendor...more

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Dish Network Liable for $61 Million After North Carolina District Court Trebles Damages in TCPA Class Action

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A North Carolina district court recently held that Dish Network (“Dish”) willfully violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when Satellite Systems Network (SSN) made more than 50,000 telemarketing and sales calls...more

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TCPA Connect - February 2016

FCC Confirms Different TCPA Liability Analysis for Text, Fax Broadcasters - Denying a petition filed by Club Texting, Inc., the Federal Communications Commission said it will keep its current liability analysis under the...more

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EXPECT FOCUS: Onboard Technology, NAIC Cybersecurity, DOL, ACA Litigation, SEC Regulation (Vol. III, Summer 2015)

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In This Issue: IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - Your Data Breach Collided With My Personal Injury Coverage LIFE INSURANCE - - Phantom Injury Dooms “Shadow Insurance” Case - Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News ...more

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Telecommunications Giant Hit With TCPA Treble Damages Award For Calls to Reassigned Cell Number

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits non-emergency calls to cell phone numbers using automatic telephone dialing systems (ATDS) or prerecorded voice messages absent the called party’s prior express consent....more

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Plaintiff Must Show Defendant’s Knowledge of TCPA Violation To Get Treble Damages, 11th Circuit Rules

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has ruled that a plaintiff must show that the defendant knew its conduct violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to establish a willful or knowing TCPA violation....more

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Michigan Court Holds Business Owner Individually Liable For TCPA Violation But Denies Request For Treble Damages

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Jackson Five Star Catering, Inc. v. John R. Beason and Tax Connection Worldwide, LLC, No. 10-10010, 2013 WL 5966340 (E.D. Mich. Nov. 8, 2013) - Pending before the Court were several motions, including Defendant...more

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