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2024 Year in Review: Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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Welcome to the “Telephone Consumer Protection Act” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. Companies were mere hours away from implementing radical changes to lead forms and consent...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Third Circuit Clarifies TCPA ATDS Liability

On April 8, 2024, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion clarifying Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”) liability in the wake of the United States Supreme...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Pa. Autodialer Decision Has Turned TCPA Tides in 3rd Circ.

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The U.S. Supreme Court's 2021 decision in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid resolved a long-standing circuit split over the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system, or ATDS, under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. ...more

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Newly enacted state mini-TCPAs expand the definition of auto-dialer

In early 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, 141 S. Ct. 1163 (2021), which significantly narrowed the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS or auto-dialer) under...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New Legislation Would Expand the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Several Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, recently introduced the Robotext Scam Prevention Act (HR...more

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Recent Trends in TCPA Litigation - The Consumer Finance Podcast

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Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his guest and fellow Partner Stefanie Jackman as they discuss recent trends in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation, including how the landscape has changed...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

State Attorneys General Newsletter – December 2021

Texas Attorney General Files Third Amendment in Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google (Texas) - In December 2020, Texas led 17 states in an antitrust suit against Google, which argues that the company abused its monopoly power in...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Post-Facebook v. Duguid: Lower Courts Speak

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in Facebook v. Duguid, 141 S. Ct. 1163 (2021), affirmatively answered a question that had divided courts for years: Did the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition...more

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Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Narrows the Scope of the TCPA

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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

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Does Unused “Capacity” Make a Dialer an ATDS? District Court Says “No” in Ruling on Pleading Requirements After Facebook

Three months after the Supreme Court’s landmark Facebook ruling, a growing number of trial courts have grappled with interpreting and applying the High Court’s directive. One of the more interesting decisions came out of the...more

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Buchalter TCPA Digest: More ATDS Cases Slip Past Pleading Stage, Plaintiffs Keep Trying to Leverage Facebook’s FN7, and Florida...

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The TCPA and other related regulations over telemarketing and “robocalling” continue to evolve at a quick pace, creating uncertainty and posing challenges for any business that contacts consumers through calling or texting....more

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Facebook Decision Upends TCPA Litigation Landscape

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[co-author: Michael Daly] The Supreme Court’s decision was a victory for Facebook and any other business that routinely attempts to communicate with its consumers using stored lists of consumer numbers. The Supreme...more

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The Supreme Court Weighs in on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

On April 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that in order to qualify as an automated telephone dialing system under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”), a device must have the capacity...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

How to Comply With the TCPA After the Facebook Supreme Court Decision

Many consumer products industry companies rely heavily on text messaging marketing programs to reach their customers and to create loyalty in an increasingly competitive market. While text messaging programs may be an...more

Buchalter

The Post-Facebook TCPA Landscape: How the Supreme Court’s Opinion on the Definition of ATDS Has Changed Legal Risk for Companies...

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act has for over a decade been a source of significant legal risk for any business that communicates with consumers by phone or text. The TCPA prohibits making calls without consent to cell...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Complying With the TCPA After the Facebook Supreme Court Decision

Many cannabis dispensaries rely heavily on text messaging marketing programs to reach their customers and to create loyalty in an increasingly competitive market. While text messaging programs may be an effective marketing...more

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Privacy in the Cellphone Era: The Supreme Court Opens the Door to Automated Text Messages

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In 1890, Louis Brandeis wrote a seminal law review article on privacy, defining it as “the right to be left alone.” In 1991, Congress enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to reinforce that right. This month,...more

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The Supreme Court’s Facebook Ruling Narrows TCPA Claims—But Does Not Eliminate Them

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Last month, the Supreme Court resolved a long-standing circuit split over the definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The highly-anticipated decision in...more

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Supreme Court Limits the Reach of the TCPA by Narrowing the Definition of “Autodialer”

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On April 1, 2021, in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, the Supreme Court clarified what constitutes an “automatic telephone dialing system”—commonly referred to as an “autodialer”—under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”)....more

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One of These Things Is Not Like the Other: SCOTUS Narrows the TCPA’s Application in Autodialer Cases, But Certain Marketing and...

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Back in 1991, when mobile phones were a luxury item weighing about two pounds and dial-up internet was getting ready to hit the market, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (TCPA), with an...more

International Lawyers Network

Supreme Court Narrows Definition of Autodialer in Facebook Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court released its eagerly anticipated decision in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid yesterday, narrowly construing the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system, or autodialer, under the Telephone Consumer...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Supreme Court’s Decision in Facebook Litigation Narrows the Scope of the TCPA

At the beginning of April 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Facebook in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, reversing the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals , holding: “To qualify as an ‘automatic...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

To The Relief Of Many E-Commerce Businesses, The U.S. Supreme Court Narrowly Construes A TCPA Requirement

In Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511, slip op. (Apr. 1, 2021), the Supreme Court “friended” Facebook by holding that the social media platform’s login notification texts did not constitute an “automatic telephone dialing...more

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SCOTUS Decision on Autodialers Under TCPA Provides Handy Primer on Statutory Construction and Interpretation

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To many, robocalls have become one of the more annoying aspects of modern communications. Last year, the United States Supreme Court noted that in 2019 the federal government received 3.7 million complaints about automated...more

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[Webinar] Compliance Coffee Break: The Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid Supreme Court decision - What it means for TCPA private actions...

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On April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, adopting a narrow "autodialer" standard under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In siding with Facebook, the Supreme...more

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