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2024 Updates to State Mini-TCPA Laws

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Since the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which narrowly interpreted the dialing technologies that are considered an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) regulated by the...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Are Law Firms Susceptible to TCPA ATDS Claims?

On September 25, 2024, 1-800-LAW-FIRM, PLLC (“Defendant”) was sued in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for allegedly violating the automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) and National...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Third Circuit Clarifies TCPA ATDS Liability

On April 8, 2024, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion clarifying Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”) liability in the wake of the United States Supreme...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Second Circuit adheres to narrow definition of ATDS

On May 10, 2024, the Second Circuit held in Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust Ltd., No. 22-1726 (2d Cir. May 10, 2024), that a device that selects and dials numbers from a stored list does not constitute an...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of List-Mode TCPA Claims

In an unpublished opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a “list-mode” theory of liability that had been advanced by prolific professional plaintiff Andrew...more

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Pa. Autodialer Decision Has Turned TCPA Tides in 3rd Circ.

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The U.S. Supreme Court's 2021 decision in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid resolved a long-standing circuit split over the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system, or ATDS, under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. ...more

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Case Involving Political Message Allowing TCPA Claim Based on Prerecorded Message...

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In Perrong v. Bradford et al, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant, an elected official, violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by calling his residential phone using a prerecorded message and an automatic...more

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July 2023 Class Action Blog Summary

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What are the most significant judicial decisions affecting class action litigation, and how might they impact your business?...more

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Colorado Federal Court Declines to Dismiss TCPA Claim: Finds ATDS Plausibly Alleged Based on Reasoning in Facebook’s Footnote 7

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More than two years after the Supreme Court’s opinion in Facebook v. Duguid, courts and litigants continue to wrestle with the statutory definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer...more

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Newly enacted state mini-TCPAs expand the definition of auto-dialer

In early 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, 141 S. Ct. 1163 (2021), which significantly narrowed the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS or auto-dialer) under...more

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Multiple Layers of TCPA Defense Remain Important after Duguid

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The Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in Facebook v. Duguid changed the landscape of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation. For years prior, aggressive plaintiffs had stretched the TCPA’s antiquated language...more

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New House Bill Threatens to Expand the TCPA to Regulate Text Messages

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Last week, six House Democrats introduced H.R. 8334, the Robotext Scam Prevention Act, which seeks to expand federal telemarketing laws to, among other things, expressly cover text messaging. ...more

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Recent Trends in TCPA Litigation - The Consumer Finance Podcast

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Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his guest and fellow Partner Stefanie Jackman as they discuss recent trends in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation, including how the landscape has changed...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

ATDS Status Turns on Capability of Dialing Equipment, Not Actual Use, Third Circuit Holds—But Liability Turns on Actual Use, Not...

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit concluded that the TCPA’s definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (or “ATDS”) includes all dialing equipment with the present ability to generate random or...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Evolving Telephone Consumer Protection Act Landscape Post-Duguid

Key Points Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation continues to pose significant risks to businesses that use calls, texts and faxes to engage with consumers. The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Eighth Circuit Finds That System That Sends Texts to Stored Numbers is Not an ATDS, Rejects Plaintiffs’ Interpretation of Footnote...

Last week, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a finding that a dialing system does not qualify as an ATDS if it randomly selects numbers from a stored list. See Beal v. Truman Road Dev. (8th Cir. Mar. 24, 2022)...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The Aftermath of Facebook v. Duguid: Trends and Practical Tips

As we discussed in a post last year the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the Spring of 2021, on the TCPA’s definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system.” In that decision, called Facebook v. Duguid, the...more

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Sixth Circuit Reverses District Court in TCPA Enforceability Challenge

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The Sixth Circuit recently issued a significant ruling in a closely watched TCPA proceeding. The Sixth Circuit ruled that the TCPA’s automated call provisions could be enforced against businesses in connection with calls...more

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Post-Facebook v. Duguid: Lower Courts Speak

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in Facebook v. Duguid, 141 S. Ct. 1163 (2021), affirmatively answered a question that had divided courts for years: Did the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition...more

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Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Narrows the Scope of the TCPA

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An April Supreme Court ruling significantly reduced the scope of communications platforms that could be considered autodialers subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The decision in Facebook, Inc. v....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Does Unused “Capacity” Make a Dialer an ATDS? District Court Says “No” in Ruling on Pleading Requirements After Facebook

Three months after the Supreme Court’s landmark Facebook ruling, a growing number of trial courts have grappled with interpreting and applying the High Court’s directive. One of the more interesting decisions came out of the...more

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Buchalter TCPA Digest: More ATDS Cases Slip Past Pleading Stage, Plaintiffs Keep Trying to Leverage Facebook’s FN7, and Florida...

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The TCPA and other related regulations over telemarketing and “robocalling” continue to evolve at a quick pace, creating uncertainty and posing challenges for any business that contacts consumers through calling or texting....more

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Florida Tightens Telemarketing Restrictions In Wake of Duguid Ruling

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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

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Facebook Decision Upends TCPA Litigation Landscape

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[co-author: Michael Daly] The Supreme Court’s decision was a victory for Facebook and any other business that routinely attempts to communicate with its consumers using stored lists of consumer numbers. The Supreme...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

South Carolina District Court Grants Summary Judgment for TCPA Defendant after Supreme Court’s Duguid Decision

A South Carolina federal district court recently granted summary judgment for a TCPA defendant in one of the first major lower court decisions following the Supreme Court's opinion in Facebook v. Duguid, which clarified (and...more

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