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The FCC has adopted a Report and Order imposing a number of new TCPA caller and sender compliance obligations in connection with consumer revocation requests, which are applicable to calls and text messages that otherwise...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
On March 30, 2020, the American Bankers Association (“ABA”) and several other associations of banks and credit unions (together, “petitioners”) effectively asked the FCC to exempt all COVID-related calls and texts to...more
On March 3, the Third Circuit upheld the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s judgment in favor of a repeat player in TCPA litigation, concluding that the plaintiff had standing to sue because the calls in question went to his...more
Companies in consumer-facing industries face a continued barrage of lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In 2019, TCPA lawsuits remained one of the most commonly filed type of class action in federal...more
This Alert at a Glance - The D.C. Circuit's opinion is a generally positive development for businesses as it rejects two of the most concerning aspects of the 2015 Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) Order—the broad...more
Here are answers to many of the Frequently Asked Questions arising from the DC Circuit’s decision in ACA International. TCPA R.I.P.? - No. The DC Circuit struck down two of the FCC’s most controversial rules—the...more
The D.C. Circuit has issued its long-awaited decision on the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Declaratory Ruling. ACA International v. Federal Communications Commission, No. 15-1211 (Mar. 16, 2018). The ruling invalidates the FCC’s definition...more
On March 16, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals, in a 3-0 decision, sided with ACC International in its challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC’s”) July 10, 2015, Omnibus Order (“Order”), through...more
On Friday March 16, 2018 the D.C. Circuit issued its long awaited decision on various challenges to the Federal Communication Commissions (FCC) 2015 Omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order (Omnibus Order) on the Telephone...more
In a highly anticipated decision issued late last week, the D.C. Circuit rejected key components of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) July 10, 2015 Declaratory Ruling on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more
TCPA Reset? D.C. Circuit Rules Against FCC On Autodialer Definition and Treatment of Reassigned Wireless Numbers On March 16, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision reviewing...more
On March 16, 2018, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) opinion in ACA International v. Federal Communications Commission, a consolidated appeal of the FCC’s July...more
• The D.C. Circuit reviewed a 2015 FCC order that interpreted the TCPA’s prohibition against using automated dialing devices to make unsolicited calls to cellular telephones. The court set aside two portions of the 2015 Order...more
On Friday, March 16, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) issued its long awaited ruling in the case of ACA International, et al (ACA) v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...more
In Billy Ginwright v. Exeter Finance Corp., No. 8:16-cv-565-TDC, ECF No. 107, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 194739, 2017 WL 5716756 (D. Md. Nov. 28, 2017), a federal district court recently denied Plaintiff’s motion to certify a...more
Having increased in number each of the past seven years, lawsuits alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) continue to plague the consumer finance industry. As should be expected with an...more
Last week, in Schweitzer v. Comenity Bank, the Eleventh Circuit held that a consumer can partially revoke consent to be called under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Schweitzer gave her cell phone number when...more
One of the hot issues in pending litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is whether a consumer can revoke consent to receive calls on a cell phone. A number of courts have recently held that a consumer...more