Welcome to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
States will continue to enact or update their mini-TCPA and...more
Nearly two years ago, the Florida legislature amended Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), Fla. Stat. § 501.059, resulting in voluminous consumer class action and other litigation after there had previously been next...more
6/23/2023
/ Amended Legislation ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Marketing ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Unsolicited Phone Calls
Since becoming law in July 2021, Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), Fla. Stat. § 501.059(8)(a), has been a favorite of plaintiffs’ lawyers seeking to take advantage of its ambiguous restrictions on certain sales...more
6/1/2022
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dormant Commerce Clause ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
First Amendment ,
Preemption ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Private Right of Action ,
Subway ,
TCPA ,
Telephone Sales ,
Text Messages
Restrictions on telemarketing to Florida residents are about to get tighter. Just a few months ago, in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that for the purposes of the Telephone...more
7/28/2021
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Do Not Call List ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Written Consent
Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology sector clients — and any company that places non-marketing calls or text communications to customers by automated means — should pay close attention to two new FCC orders from...more
1/15/2021
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Call Blocking ,
Cell Phones ,
FCC ,
Opt-Outs ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
Section 8 ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages ,
TRACED Act
The cannabis industry is growing rapidly and so too are lawsuits against industry participants. One of the fast-emerging litigation threats is claims against cannabis companies for violation of the federal Telephone Consumer...more
On March 16, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in ACA International v. FCC, invalidating several key pieces of the FCC’s 2015 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...more
3/20/2018
/ Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
Exemptions ,
FCC ,
Mobile Devices ,
Opt-Outs ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Reassigned Phone Numbers ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
Smartphones ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Wireless Devices
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued a citation to First National Bank Corporation (FNB) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, for engaging in telemarketing practices with...more
9/21/2015
/ Apple ,
Apple Pay ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Citations ,
Consumer Lenders ,
FCC ,
First National ,
Prior Express Consent ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
User Agreements