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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana Court Holds Canceling Insurance Is Not Revocation of Prior Express Consent Under TCPA

Wilkes v. CareSource Management Group Co., No. 4:16-cv-38 JVB, 2018 WL 4680028 (N.D. Ind. Sept. 29, 2018) - Plaintiff husband and wife applied for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act through the Health...more

Legislation Proposed in House and Senate Addressing the Definition of “Robocalls,” Revocation and Re-Assigned Numbers

Both the House and Senate have proposed legislation that could have profound implications on TCPA litigation. The companion legislation introduced by Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. and Senator Ed Markey entitled...more

ACA International Heavily Influences District Court’s Holding Defendant Did Not Use ATDS

Herrick v. GoDaddy.com, LLC, No. CV 16-00254-PHX-DJH, 2018 WL 2229131 (D. Ariz. May 14, 2018) - Background - In 2015, Defendant contracted with a third-party web-based software application company called 3Seventy to...more

FCC Seeks Comments on TCPA in Wake of ACA International Decision

On May 14, 2018, in the wake of the landmark decision ACA International v. FCC, 855 F.3d 687 (D.C. Cir. 2018), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Public Notice seeking comment on a myriad of topics...more

What Is an ATDS? The New Battleground in TCPA Litigation Since The FCC’s Declaratory Ruling

The world of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation is constantly changing. With this evolution, new issues arise on almost a daily basis, challenging those prosecuting and defending these claims. A recent and...more

Southern District of California Holds Charge for Incoming Call Does Not Create Standing to Assert TCPA Claim

Plaintiff filed suit, placing at issue a single call to his cell phone using an ATDS, and attempting to represent a class of similarly situated individuals. The only allegation in the Complaint arguably relating to injury was...more

California Court Strikes Fail-Safe TCPA Class Definition

Dixon v. Monterey Fin. Services, Inc., No. 15-cv-03298 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 22, 2016) - At issue before the Court was Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, and Defendant’s second motion to strike class definition as a fail-safe...more

Georgia District Court Dismisses TCPA Claim Due To Human Intervention

Colette Jenkins v. MGage, LLC, No. 1:14-cv-2791-WSD (N.D. Ga. Aug. 12, 2016) - Plaintiff filed this TCPA lawsuit after receiving 150 text messages over an approximately one year period during which she tried to stop...more

FCC Holds Educators and Utilities Making Certain Robo Calls Do Not Violate The TCPA

On August 4, 2016, the FCC released a Declaratory Ruling confirming that schools and utilities making robo calls do not violate the TCPA under certain circumstances. The Ruling, addressed Petitions filed by Blackboard, Inc....more

FCC Consumer Advisory Committee Recommends Final Rule Pursuant to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 With Consumer Protections

On June 10, 2016, the FCC Consumer Advisory Committee recommended promulgation of a Final Rule pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, containing the following consumer protections: Calls pursuant to the exception...more

Political Organizations File Suit Over Constitutionality of TCPA

American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. et al. v. Lynch, Civil Action No. 5:16-cv-00252 (E.D.N.C., May 12, 2016). On May 12, 2016, five politically based organizations filed a suit against Loretta Lynch, in...more

Third Circuit Holds Prior Express Consent Can Be Revoked

Plaintiff completed a credit application to purchase computers, which required her to provide a home phone number. Plaintiff listed her cell phone number but did not identify it as her cell phone number or indicate Defendant...more

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