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BREAKING: FCC Seeks Comment on Scope of TCPA Following ACA Int’l

Womble Bond Dickinson on 5/15/2018

Well that didn’t take long. With the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeal issuing its mandate following the ACA Int’l ruling last week, the ball was back in the FCC’s courts to address the architecture and reach of the TCPA....more

Consumer Financial Services Spring 2018 Update

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 5/11/2018

District Court Takes Expansive View of Deceptive or Misleading Practices under FDCPA - The FDCPA prohibits a debt collector from using "any false, deceptive, or misleading representation" in connection with the collection...more

Breaking: D.C. Circuit Court of Appeal Issues Mandate in ACA Int’l

Womble Bond Dickinson on 5/11/2018

To coincide with the big launch of tcpaland.com the DC. Circuit Court of Appeal today issued its mandate in ACA Int’l. The mandate can be found here. The Court had previously withheld its mandate to allow the parties time to...more

FCC Order Creates New TCPA Challenges for Companies

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/14/2015

As previously reported, the Federal Communications Commission recently approved a Declaratory Ruling and Order (the Order) addressing a number of petitions that requested the FCC clarify its interpretations of the Telephone...more

TCPA Filings Increase 65 Percent Year-To-Date

Burr & Forman on 10/28/2013

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has increasingly become a target for consumers and their attorneys for suits aimed at collection agencies. TCPA suits in August rose 15.4 percent from July and 72 percent compared...more

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