Will anything stop the continuing barrage of class action lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)? In 2020, TCPA lawsuits remained one of the most commonly-filed type of class action in federal courts...more
1/13/2021
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Third-Party Liability
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
2/12/2020
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Energy Sector ,
FCC ,
Hobbs Act ,
Insurance Industry ,
Marketing ,
Mobile Devices ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
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Safe Harbors ,
Split of Authority ,
Standing ,
Statute of Limitations ,
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TRACED Act ,
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Companies in consumer-facing industries face a continued barrage of lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In 2019, TCPA lawsuits remained one of the most commonly filed type of class action in federal...more
1/30/2020
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ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
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Corporate Counsel ,
Facebook ,
FCC ,
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Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
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Reassigned Phone Numbers ,
Revocation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Smartphones ,
Standing ,
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TRACED Act
As the use of biometric data continues to grow and become more prevalent across industries of all types and sizes, complying with data security and privacy laws has never been more critical or challenging. This is...more
9/11/2019
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Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Defense Strategies ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
FRCP 23 ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Standing ,
Statutory Defenses
Just two months after an Illinois appellate court dismissed a similar complaint alleging a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a California federal court found that a claim asserted under BIPA...more
3/13/2018
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Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
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Facial Recognition Technology ,
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Standing
In a decision surely welcomed by the plaintiffs’ bar, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held, on August 15, 2017, that a putative class action plaintiff has Article III standing as long as the plaintiff alleges...more
Businesses engaged in advertising and sales practices involving New Jersey consumers have been contending with an increase in the number of class action lawsuits brought under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty...more
On July 5, in Sartin v. EKF Diagnostics, Inc., No. 16-1816, 2016 WL 3598297 (E.D. La. July 5, 2016), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted Defendant’s Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss because...more