In one of the first major decisions after the Supreme Court’s Facebook v. Duguid decision, a federal district court in South Carolina (the “Court”) has ruled that the Aspect predictive dialer is not an automatic telephone...more
A federal judge granted summary judgment on February 12 to DirecTV, LLC (DirecTV), holding it was not liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for unsolicited telemarketing calls placed by a third-party...more
On January 15, in response to a petition from Acurian seeking clarification on the non-commercial purpose exemption, the FCC held that prerecorded calls to residential phone numbers seeking participants for FDA-mandated...more
On December 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that federal and state contractors are “persons” subject to the terms of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Citing privacy concerns, the order...more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Duguid v. Facebook to decide, once and for all, whether an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), as defined in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), requires a...more