In a ruling that increases liability for companies that use text messaging for marketing or communicating with customers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit adopted an expansive definition of what constitutes an...more
9/28/2018
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ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
FCC ,
Reversal ,
Smartphones ,
Split of Authority ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Summary Judgment ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Effective October 16, 2013, there will be significant changes to the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) rules implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (the “TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227. Of particular...more