Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Should Section 5 of the FTC Act be Amended to Add a Private Right of Action?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Challenges of Using the Current Law to Address Dark Patterns, with Guest Gregory Dickinson, Assistant Professor, St. Thomas University
Webinar Recording: An Overview of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act
CF on Cyber: An Update on the Changes to the Florida Telemarketing Act
On November 1, 2022, Oklahoma’s Telephone Solicitation Act (“OTSA”) took effect. State telemarketing laws, such as the OTSA, have been coined Mini-TCPAs because they are, in large part, the state equivalents of the TCPA. The...more
The list of states with new or amended telemarketing statutes, sometimes known as “mini-TCPAs,” is growing. A flurry of state legislative activity has created a patchwork of often-conflicting laws that companies must navigate...more
The Middle District of Florida partially rejected a plaintiff’s motion for entry of final default judgment in Brown v. Care Front Funding, No. 8:22-cv-02408-VMC-JSS, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60879 (M.D. Fla. Apr. 6, 2023),...more
Last week, a magistrate judge in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina dismissed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit brought by a plaintiff who claimed calls made by an insurance lead...more
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
Florida law now provides a private right of action for violations of various telemarketing rules, allows the use of certain automated telemarketing methods with prior express written consent, and imposes certain restrictions...more
On June 29, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill enacting substantial changes to the Florida Telemarketing Act, which are effective July 1, 2021. In this podcast, Carlton Fields shareholders Aaron Weiss and Charles...more
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is one of the most frequently litigated statutes, spurring individual, and more often, national class action litigation. The pace at which new TCPA suits are filed is not slowing,...more
I make a point to never post on the weekends. But this is a huge deal. And although it is a beautiful autumn afternoon outside, we need to talk TCPAland. Congress just proposed a bill to attack robocalls by leveraging the...more