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Missouri Federal Court Certifies Class in TCPA Fax Case

A federal court in Missouri granted class certification in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) action that could cost the defendant almost $4 million for allegedly sending unsolicited faxes....more

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Court Finds Receipt of Unsolicited Fax Not Necessary to Establish TCPA Violation

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On May 11, 2023, US District Court, M.D. Florida found a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) violation can occur even where the intended human recipient of a fax did not print and review the fax or did not know that...more

Carlton Fields

No Speaking? No Standing!

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On November 15, the Eleventh Circuit decided Cordoba v. DirecTV, LLC, further exploring the issue of when class actions achieve Article III standing. The plaintiffs alleged that DirecTV and the company with which it...more

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Real Property & Financial Services Update: Week Ending May 31, 2019

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Real Property Update - Public Official Standing Doctrine: county school district that benefited from ad valorem taxes charged by county could not challenge constitutionality of statutory tax exemption claimed by homeowners...more

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Bais Yaakov Strikes Again: Nonprofit May Be Fax "Sender" Despite Not Sending Fax

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As we’ve recently highlighted, the FCC is currently seeking industry comment on how it should interpret the term “sender” for purposes of imposing liability for faxes sent in violation of the TCPA. Until the agency releases...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending January 25, 2019

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Real Property Update - Trespass / Temporary Injunction: temporary injunction order premised upon a physical trespass onto property, which did not specify actions that constitute trespass, did not enjoin use of airspace over...more

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In Brief: Incidental “Advertisement” Language In a Fax Does Not Create a TCPA Violation

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While the opinions are sometimes brief, the fun in TCPAland never is. In an extremely short opinion granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss, today the Ninth Circuit, in Supply Pro Sorbents v. Ringcentral, Inc., No....more

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Eighth Circuit Finds that Bare “Technical Violations” of the TCPA Do Not Establish Standing

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In St. Louis Heart Center v. Nomax, Inc., the Eighth Circuit held that an “alleged failure to provide a technically compliant opt-out notice” in a fax advertisement, without more, does not give a plaintiff Article III...more

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TCPA Case Law Review (Vol. 4)

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If you have seen members of the TCPA plaintiffs’ bar sweating a bit more than usual lately, it’s not just the summer heat—they’re probably concerned about the steady stream of positive cases for the defense bar over the past...more

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Lack of Standing in TCPA Class Action Results in Remand to State Court, Says The Eighth Circuit

A recent decision by the Eighth Circuit in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action provides an important pointer for defendants and their counsel with respect to strategy in defending a putative class action....more

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Out of the Frying Pan?: Eighth Circuit Agrees that TCPA Violation Did not Cause Article III Harm But Reverses Dismissal in Favor...

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A few weeks back Consumer Class Action “Titan” Jay Edelson joined us on the Ramble podcast and predicted that TCPA class actions arising in state court that are removed to federal court and later challenged on Article III...more

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Eighth Circuit Holds Deficient Fax Opt-Out Notice Does Create Case or Controversy

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St. Louis Heart Center, Inc. v. Nomax, Inc., No. 19-1794, 2018 WL 3719694 (8th Cir. Aug. 6, 2018) - Plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit in state court, alleging Defendant sent it 12 fax advertisements without including...more

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Class Action Roundup: Winter 2018

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Where the (Class) Action Is - Welcome to 2018 and the latest edition of Roundup covering significant decisions and settlements from the last quarter of 2017. On the docket this quarter is another slate of cases covering a...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Dinner Invite Fax Could Be an Ad

A three-page fax inviting the recipients to a dinner program could constitute an advertisement and was sufficient to establish standing, an Illinois federal court has ruled in denying a defendant’s motion to dismiss a TCPA...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Sutherland Wins Dismissal of TCPA Fax Case: Applying Spokeo, Court Finds Plaintiff Incurred No Actual Harm

On July 5, in Sartin v. EKF Diagnostics, Inc., No. 16-1816, 2016 WL 3598297 (E.D. La. July 5, 2016), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted Defendant’s Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss because...more

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First Circuit Weighs In On Rule 68 Mootness Issue

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In a decision issued on August 21, 2015, the First Circuit added its voice to the recent chorus of federal appellate courts holding that an unaccepted Rule 68 offer of judgment, served before a motion for class certification...more

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Viewing Unsolicited Fax Not Required for TCPA Standing

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The Sixth Circuit recently held that standing to sue under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) does not require the plaintiff to have printed, or even viewed, a fax advertisement that violates the TCPA. The Court...more

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