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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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

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The Supreme Court’s Unanimous Decision Narrows TCPA’s Reach

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The United States Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited opinion clarifying what qualifies as an “autodialer” and is therefore governed by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), potentially providing...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies TCPA's Definition of "Autodialer"

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The ruling should limit the FCC's ability to rewrite the statute through administrative action. In Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, the Supreme Court resolved the interpretive question at the heart of the swarm of litigation...more

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Supreme Court Issues Game Changing Definition of ATDS Under TCPA

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On April 1, 2021, in Facebook v. Duguid, 592 U.S. __(2021), the Supreme Court issued a unanimous and long-awaited ruling clarifying the definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS”) under the Telephone...more

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Supreme Court Limits Reach Of Robocall Law in Facebook Case

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Curtailing the reach of an antiquated robocall law, the U.S. Supreme Court has sharply limited what constitutes an “autodialer" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. The unanimous decision in Facebook,...more

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Two TCPA Updates That Auto Finance Companies Need To Know

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and the barrage of litigation that stems from its various interpretations, is always in the news. In fact, there is so much change that it’s often hard for a casual follower to...more

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on TCPA’s ATDS Definition

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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

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SCOTUS Decides Federal Debt is not Exempted from TCPA, While FCC Autodialer Declaration Further Alters TCPA Landscape

With a major U.S. Supreme Court decision leading the way, recent developments continue to reshape the landscape of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more

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