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A unanimous United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on April 1, 2021, resolved more than a decade of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and untold millions of dollars in claims by disentangling the contorted...more
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court today held that Facebook’s “login notification” text messages (sent to users when an attempt is made to access their Facebook account from an unknown device or browser) did not...more
On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, a case that should establish a nationwide standard for the "autodialer" definition adopted by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more
On December 8, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held oral argument in the case of Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511, concerning the circuit split over what type of equipment qualifies as an “automatic telephone...more
On December 7, 2020 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Facebook v. Duguid to address the circuit split over the interpretation of the statutory definition of automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under the TCPA. The...more
The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, seems straightforward enough. Prerecorded calls to residences are prohibited, as are calls made using an "automatic telephone dialing system" to cell phones,...more
Recently, the District Court of Kansas analyzed the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) in Hampton v. Barclays Bank Del. The Court concluded the...more
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid has been in the forefront of the TCPA world since July when news of the decision hit. With this granting of certiorari comes the promise to resolve...more
The Sixth Circuit has joined the Second and Ninth Circuits in their broad interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) autodialer provision. In doing so, it has tipped the scale in a circuit split that is...more