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FCC Delays Company-Wide TCPA Revocation Rule

On February 16, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the TCPA Consent Order adopting various rules governing consumers’ ability to revoke consent to receive certain communications, including that when...more

4/10/2025 / Consent , Delays , FCC , Final Rules , New Regulations , Regulatory Requirements , Robocalling , Rulemaking Process , TCPA , Telecommunications

The Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment on TCPA Claim, Holding Communications Were Not Telephone Solicitations

Hulce v. Zipongo, Inc., No. 24-1623, 2025 WL 829603 (7th Cir. March 17, 2025) - Defendant, a for-profit company that provides nutritional consultation to individuals, contracted with a healthcare plan to provide its...more

3/21/2025 / Class Action , Do Not Call List , Solicitation , Summary Judgment , TCPA , Telecommunications , Telemarketing , Text Messages

Eleventh Circuit Vacates FCC’s One-to-One Consent and Logically-and-Topically-Related Requirements for Prior Express Consent

Insurance Marketing Coalition, Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commissions, No. 24-10277, 2025 WL 289152 (11th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025) - “At bottom, the FCC has ‘decreed a duty on [lead generators] that the statute does not...more

1/27/2025 / Administrative Procedure Act , Auto-Dialed Calls , Consent , FCC , Robocalling , Statutory Interpretation , TCPA , Telecommunications , Telemarketing

The Eastern District of New York Holds that Spending a “Sizeable Minority of Time” at Your Mother’s House Does not Make You a...

Bank v. ICOT Holdings, LLC, 18-cv-02554 (AMD) (PK), 2024 WL 278460 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 25, 2024) - Pro se Plaintiff, an attorney, filed a class action lawsuit alleging that two calls he answered at his mother’s house...more

1/26/2024 / Advertising , Class Action , Do Not Call List , Statutory Violations , TCPA , Telecommunications

Ninth Circuit Holds Text Messages Are Not Prerecorded Calls

Trim v Reward Zone USA LLC, No. 22-55517, 2023 WL 5025264 (9th Cir. August 8, 2023) - Plaintiff filed a putative class action, contending, in part, that three marketing text messages she received utilized prerecorded voices,...more

8/10/2023 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Corporate Counsel , Putative Class Actions , Statutory Interpretation , Statutory Violations , TCPA , Telecommunications , Text Messages

Pennsylvania District Court Holds Sequential Calls From a List Does not Violate the TCPA

Perrong v. Montgomery County Democratic Committee, et al., No. 22-cv-4475 (E.D. Pa. July 18, 2023)... Plaintiff sued Defendants, claiming that they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s prohibition of making...more

7/24/2023 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Robocalling , Statutory Violations , TCPA , Telecommunications

New Jersey District Court Dismisses TCPA Case with Prejudice for Failure to Properly Identify Defendant

Brennan Landy v. Vision Solar, LLC d/b/a Solar Exchange, No. 21-20241 2023 WL 4578993 (D.N.J. July 18, 2023) - In this case, Plaintiff filed a putative class action alleging Defendant violated the Telephone Consumer...more

7/19/2023 / Do Not Call List , Putative Class Actions , Statutory Violations , TCPA , Telecommunications , Telemarketing

Florida Enacts Significant Amendment to Telephone Solicitation Act

In July, 2021, the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act, F.S.A. § 501.059 (“FTSA”), was amended to create a private right of action for those receiving marketing calls and text messages, giving rise to an onslaught of...more

5/26/2023 / Auto-Dialed Calls , Consumer Privacy Rights , Florida , New Legislation , Prior Express Consent , Regulatory Reform , Telecommunications , Text Messages

Eleventh Circuit Vacates TCPA Class Settlement for Lack of Standing, Suggesting Reconsideration of Glasser v. Hilton Grand...

Drazen v. GoDaddy.com, LLC, No. 21-10199 (11th Cir. July 27, 2022) Plaintiffs’ Claims and Allegations - Plaintiff’s claims, and those advanced in two separately filed class action lawsuits alleging violation of the...more

7/28/2022 / Article III , Class Action , Marketing , Regulatory Violations , Settlement Agreements , Standing , TCPA , Text Messages

United States Supreme Court Weighs in on Definition of Automatic Telephone Dialing System in TCPA

Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, et. al., No. 19-511, 2021 WL 1215717 (S.Ct. April 1, 2021) On April 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court released its much anticipated decision addressing the definition the phrase “Automatic...more

4/2/2021 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Facebook , Facebook Inc v Duguid , Random or Sequential Number Generator , Robocalling , SCOTUS , TCPA

New York District Court Stays Putative TCPA Class Action Pending Outcome of Facebook v. Duguid

Elzen v. Global Strategy Group, LLC, et al., No. 20-cv-3541 (JPO), 2021 WL 185328 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 19, 2021) - Plaintiff filed a putative class action, claiming Defendants violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47...more

1/21/2021 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Data Storage , Facebook , Facebook Inc v Duguid , Motion To Stay , Random or Sequential Number Generator , SCOTUS , Split of Authority , TCPA

Ohio District Court Holds TCPA Unenforceable From 2015 Through 2020

Lidenbaum v. Realgy, LLC, 2020 WL 6361915 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 29, 2020) - Pending before the Court was a class action lawsuit, contending Defendants violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 § U.S.C. 227 (“TCPA”)....more

11/6/2020 / Debt Collection , Government Debt-Exception , Statutory Violations , Subject Matter Jurisdiction , TCPA , Void ab initio

Supreme Court Severs Unconstitutional Provision of TCPA Exempting Robocalls Made To Collect Government Debt

Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., No. 19-631, 2020 WL 3633780 (U.S. July 6, 2020) * Procedural History of the Case Plaintiffs; political and nonprofit organizations seeking to make...more

7/8/2020 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Barr v American Association of Political Consultants Inc , Cell Phones , Compelling Governmental Interest , Constitutional Challenges , Content-Based Restrictions , Debt Collection , Exceptions , Federal Bans , First Amendment , Free Speech , Government Debt-Exception , Robocalling , SCOTUS , Severability Doctrine , Strict Scrutiny Standard , TCPA

Pennsylvania District Court Dismisses TCPA Claim Because Numbers Called Were Stored In, And Uploaded From Separate SQL Server

Elizabeth Panzarella v. Navient Solutions, LLC, No. 18-3735, 2020 WL 3250508 (E.D. Pa. June 16, 2020) - Two Plaintiffs filed suit relating to calls Defendant made when a relative’s loan became delinquent. Defendant moved...more

6/19/2020 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Dismissals , FCC , TCPA , Telecommunications

Arizona District Court Stays TCPA Case Pending Ruling By Supreme Court in Barr v. AAPC

Whittaker v All Reverse Mortgage Inc.. No. CV 20-08016-PCT-DLR, 2020 WL 28229785 (D. Ariz. May 29, 2020) - Plaintiff filed a putative class action, alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. §...more

6/2/2020 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Constitutional Challenges , Putative Class Actions , Reverse Mortgages , Stays , TCPA , Telecommunications , Text Messages

California District Court Holds Revocation of Consent Sent to Corporate Headquarters Does Not Support TCPA Claim

Vanessa Wright v. USAA Savings Bank, No. 2:19-cv-00591 WBS CKD, 2020 WL 2615441 (E.D. Cal. May 22, 2020) - Plaintiff, who had a credit card account with Defendant for approximately 18 years, retained counsel to address...more

5/31/2020 / Consumer Financial Products , Credit Cards , Financial Services Industry , Prior Express Consent , Revocation , TCPA

Eleventh Circuit Holds Consent in Bargained-For Contract Cannot Be Unilaterally Revoked

Medley v. Dish Network, LLC, No. 8:16-cv-02534-CEH-CPT (11th Cir. May 1, 2020). Plaintiff entered into a contract, providing her cell phone number and expressly authorizing Defendant “to contact [her] regarding [her] DISH...more

5/8/2020 / Auto-Dialed Calls , Consumer Contracts , Contract Terms , Debt Collection , Dish Network , Prior Express Consent , Revocation , TCPA , Telecommunications

Southern District of New York Holds TCPA Claim Fails To Satisfy Minimum Pleadings Requirements When Simply Parroting Statute

Lazar Shcherb v. Angi Homeservices, Inc., 19-cv-367 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 25, 2019) - Plaintiff filed suit against various corporate defendants alleging that they used an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) to call his cell...more

10/30/2019 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Corporate Counsel , Dismissals , Pleading Standards , Predictive Coding , Robocalling , Statutory Interpretation , TCPA , Telecommunications

Southern District of New York Holds Consent Cannot Be Unilaterally Revoked

Ford v. Bluestem Brands, Inc., No. 18 CV 2695 (VB), 2019 WL 1046367 (S.D.N.Y. March 4, 2019) - Defendant provided Plaintiff with a $300 line of credit Plaintiff used to purchase a laptop from Defendant. Plaintiff claimed...more

3/7/2019 / Consent , Consumer Lenders , Financing , Ford Motor , Harassment , TCPA

Minnesota District Court Holds Predictive Dialer Not ATDS Under TCPA And Defendant Not Liable For Prerecorded Messages To...

Plaintiff filed suit alleging Defendant violated the TCPA by calling his recently assigned cell phone number 140 times to collect debt from another, including leaving 4 prerecorded messages. ...more

11/15/2018 / ATDS , Auto-Dialed Calls , Debt Collection , Financial Services Industry , Reassigned Phone Numbers , TCPA , Telecommunications

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