On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, to resolve a split in authority on the meaning of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more
7/13/2020
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Certiorari ,
Data Storage ,
Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
TCPA
The Seventh Circuit has recently joined the Second, Third, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits in adopting a narrow interpretation of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), one...more
3/3/2020
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AT&T ,
ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
FCC ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
Split of Authority ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages
On Oct. 19, 2016, the Ninth Circuit held that merely enforcing a security interest is not “debt collection” under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). In so holding, the Ninth Circuit disagreed with...more
10/28/2016
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Debt Collection ,
Default ,
Dismissals ,
FDCPA ,
Foreclosure ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Notice of Default ,
Perfected Security Interest ,
Reaffirmation ,
Split of Authority