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Class Action Telephone Consumer Protection Act Marketing

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Texting Lawsuits in Washington – A Reminder About State Laws

Most businesses that send texts to their target audiences are focused on compliance with the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) – and understandably so, given the explosion in class action litigation stemming...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Do Not Disturb: Observe Telemarketing Hours!

Last month, a putative class action Complaint was filed against Dave & Buster’s (“Defendant”) for allegedly failing to observe proper telemarketing hours. In Laureta v. Dave & Buster’s Inc., Plaintiff claims that he received...more

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Trucking Marketing Communications are Subject to Various Regulations!

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On February 28, 2024, Motive Technologies Inc., formerly known as Keep Truckin (“Defendant”), was sued in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for allegedly delivering prerecorded...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2024 Q2 – We Are Administratively Feasible

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2024. In this edition, there can be only one claim form for many, broiler chickens are coming home to...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Buy Me Some Peanuts, Cracker Jack, And A TCPA Lawsuit

On June 17, 2024, a judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted final approval of the class settlement reached by the parties in Lateano v. Chicago Cubs Baseball Cub, LLC. In his...more

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Mitigating Class Action Exposure: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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When it comes to mitigating the risk of class action lawsuits, the best offense is a good defense. Companies can take many steps to reduce their exposure to class action litigation before it happens, including the tactics...more

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Florida Adopts Changes to the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act

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Last month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed into law amendments to the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA) that scale back the scope and reach of the statute, bringing it in line with federal TCPA standards and...more

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Wave of Class Actions Targeting Businesses Marketing to Florida

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Wave of Class Actions Targeting Businesses Marketing to Florida Is your business at risk? With the 2022 surge of telemarketing class actions, businesses need to be increasingly concerned about their practices and...more

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First Circuit Rejects Classwide Settlement, Finds That Would-Be Class Representatives Could Not Adequately Represent Subclasses...

The First Circuit recently reversed the District of Massachusetts’s approval of a settlement award that improperly lacked any subclasses within the 4.8-million-person putative class, finding it “too difficult to determine...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - August 2022

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Will Coppertone Get Burned for Its Labels? Consumer class action alleges sunscreens are all the same - It’s Not Much, But It’s Something - Through the years, Coppertone - the sun protection products brand owned...more

Burr & Forman

Eleventh Circuit Vacates TCPA Class Settlement for Lack of Standing, Suggesting Reconsideration of Glasser v. Hilton Grand...

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Drazen v. GoDaddy.com, LLC, No. 21-10199 (11th Cir. July 27, 2022) Plaintiffs’ Claims and Allegations - Plaintiff’s claims, and those advanced in two separately filed class action lawsuits alleging violation of the...more

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Plaintiffs' Law Firm Sued for TCPA Violations

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A prolific plaintiffs' law firm is now facing a class action for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). ...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Protecting Your Cannabis Business From The Trappings Of The Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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The emerging cannabis industry in Illinois has plenty of regulatory issues to contend with including labeling, packaging, destruction and disposal of cannabis, security, inventory, and recordkeeping just to name a few....more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Winter 2021

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2020. In this edition, we find a common theme among COVID-19 class actions, the Tampa 2 defends...more

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Ringless Voicemail Compliance: 2021 Forecast (You’re Going to Get Sued For Using It)

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Ringless Voicemail (“RVM”) technology provides companies the ability to reach a massive amount of people with low cost by avoiding typical telephony charges. RVM works by sending a voicemail message via server-to-server...more

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A Pair of Federal Courts Find No Vicarious Liability Under the TCPA

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Companies that rely on third parties to market products could face legal exposure under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when those third-party agents call, text or fax consumers without the requisite consent....more

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AD-ttorneys@law – October 2020 #1

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First Amendment Rescues Butter Marketing from Regulation’s Hot, Hot Knife - Miyoko’s Kitchen can keep buttering up consumers, but must let the hormones go - Precious?...more

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Mass Texts: How the Cannabis Industry Must Deal with the Surge of TCPA Class Actions During Covid-19

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THC, CBD, CBN…the Cannabis industry is quite familiar with acronyms. But it’s another nasty little four letters, TCPA, that are – or should be – on the top of mind for every dispensary, delivery service, CRM platform, and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Court Dismisses Claims that Shopping Platform was Directly or Vicariously Liable for Retailer’s Texts

The Northern District of California recently granted a motion to dismiss, finding the plaintiff failed to plausibly allege that e-commerce platform Shopify was directly or vicariously liable for the alleged TCPA violations of...more

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Text Message Marketing: QuoteWizard (Partially) Stuck with TCPA Class Action

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Text messages are becoming an ever-increasing way for companies to communicate with their customers. However, if text message campaigns are not crafted properly, companies can run afoul of the Telephone Consumer Protection...more

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Seventh Circuit Weighs in on Vicarious Liability Under TCPA

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Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified the application of common-law vicarious liability principles to TCPA class actions in Warciak v. Subway Restaurants, Inc., 2020 WL 559105 (7th...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Client Alert: The Future of Text Message Marketing

As Americans increasingly rely on text messages to communicate on a daily basis, marketers have taken note, and text advertising and marketing is increasingly common.  Indeed, text messages have a read rate of about 98%, and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Security Company Found Vicariously Liable for TCPA Violations Committed by Lead Seller

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The realm of lead generation can present a minefield of TCPA risks. The recent order granting summary judgment in Braver v. NorthStar Alarm Systems, LLC, No. CIV-17-0383, 2019 WL 3208651 (W.D. Ok. Jul. 15, 2019) illustrates...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Who’s calling? Standards for third-party liability under the TCPA

Companies that market products through third-party agents or distributors face a particular risk under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when their agents call, text or fax consumers without obtaining the necessary...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Do as I say, not as I do: third-party liability and the TCPA

Many companies employ third parties to assist with communications to consumers, or to market their products and services through semi-independent agents, brokers, or contractors. As a result, companies may face vicarious...more

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