Acknowledging that “effective communications with the American public” is “a critical component” to efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released on its own motion, a...more
In a decision released on February 19 that relied principally on rules of grammar, the Seventh Circuit held that to be an ATDS under the TCPA, a device must be capable of storing or producing telephone numbers using a random...more
2/25/2020
/ Article III ,
ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
FCC ,
Split of Authority ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Summary Judgment ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Class action lawsuits brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continue to flood court dockets. These cases typically allege failure to comply with various procedural requirements, such as notice...more
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut recently dealt another blow to serial TCPA plaintiff, Gorss Motels, Inc., granting summary judgment to the defendant in Gorss Motels, Inc. v. Lands’ End, Inc.,...more
The Eleventh Circuit recently held that receiving a single unsolicited text message does not amount to the harm required to sustain a TCPA claim. In Salcedo v. Hanna, John Salcedo brought a TCPA claim against his former...more
8/30/2019
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Reversal ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages ,
Unsolicited Phone Calls