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Speak for Yourself: Court Denies Class Certification in TCPA Case Based on Class Members’ Potentially Mixed Reactions to Ringless...

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On January 18, a court in the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied class certification in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case concluding that the factual issue of whether the proposed class members had suffered an...more

Carlton Fields

Applying Article III Rulings to Robocall Standing in Florida

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In a prior Law360 guest article, we addressed the issue of standing for Telephone Consumer Protection Act class actions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. As we noted in the article, the metes and bounds...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

NC Federal Court Permits Suit Based on FCC Internal DNC Registry Violation

Widening a split among courts that have considered the issue, a North Carolina district court held that a violation of the Do Not Call (DNC) regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) triggered liability under...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dialing In: TCPA Top 5 Issues for 2021

Will anything stop the continuing barrage of class action lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)? In 2020, TCPA lawsuits remained one of the most commonly-filed type of class action in federal courts...more

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District Court Rules Telemarketer’s Single Unanswered Call Creates Article III Standing

A single missed call from a telemarketer constitutes a concrete injury that gives rise to standing, a federal district court in California has ruled. In Shuckett v. DialAmerica Marketing, Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29598...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Court Reduces TCPA Damages From $1.6B to $32M

Finding $32 million to be a more reasonable award than $1.6 billion, a Missouri federal court judge ordered the producers of “Last Ounce of Courage” to pay for phone calls promoting the movie that ran afoul of the Telephone...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Unsolicited Call Without Charge Held A Violation of TCPA

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Recently, the United States Court of Appeals was called upon to determine whether an unsolicited call that did not result in a charge to the consumer violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and, if it did, was...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Van Patten V. Vertical Fitness Is No TCPA Killer

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The rise of Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation in the past decade has been staggering. From just 14 cases in 2007, the number of TCPA-related filings has exploded to 4,860 in 2016 — a total that is expected to...more

Carlton Fields

TCPA Class Certified Based Largely on “Concrete Injury” Determination

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Following the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Spokeo Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540, 1549 (2016) – which held that Article III standing requires a concrete injury, even when an injury has otherwise been established...more

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Southern District of California Holds Charge for Incoming Call Does Not Create Standing to Assert TCPA Claim

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Plaintiff filed suit, placing at issue a single call to his cell phone using an ATDS, and attempting to represent a class of similarly situated individuals. The only allegation in the Complaint arguably relating to injury was...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

TCPA Connect - September 2016

SPECIAL FOCUS: Responses to Retail Webinar Attendee Questions - During our hugely successful “Avoiding TCPA Pitfalls: Essential Guidance for Retailers” webinar this summer, we received dozens of questions from attendees,...more

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Monthly TCPA Digest - August 2016

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In light of the continued compliance and litigation challenges presented by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Mintz Levin’s TCPA and Consumer Calling Practice team have launched an inaugural newsletter to keep you...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

California Federal Court Dismisses TCPA Claims for Lack of Article III Standing

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A plaintiff did not have Article III standing to assert claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for alleged autodialed calls made to her without her consent, a California federal district court recently...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Where’s the (TCPA) Harm in That?

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo v. Robins that plaintiffs must allege a concrete and particularized injury to meet Article III standing requirements, federal district courts across the country are...more

Burr & Forman

California Court Dismisses TCPA Claim For Lack of Standing

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Romero v. Department Stores National Bank, 15-cv-193-CAB-MDD (S.D. Cal. Aug. 5, 2016) - On the eve of trial, the Court dismissed Plaintiff’s claims for lack of standing relying on the Supreme Court case of Spokeo v....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Missed Calls Don’t Cut It: Injury in Fact is Required for Each Call and Must Be Traceable to the Use of an ATDS

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In the latest dismissal of a TCPA case for lack of Article III standing, a District Court in California held that a plaintiff does not suffer an injury in fact from calls she did not hear, calls she heard but did not answer,...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Spokeo Injury Requirement May Not Be TCPA Silver Bullet Some Had Predicted, But Nonetheless Dooms Claims of Serial Plaintiff

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While many legal analysts predicted the potential demise of TCPA litigation in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Spokeo v. Robins decision in May, as it turns out with all things TCPA, the reality looks to be a bit more...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - June 2016 #4

FTC Shuts Down Scam Touting Aid for Disabled Individuals - A telemarketer faces a Federal Trade Commission ban on claims that the sales of products would help disabled individuals....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - June 2016

President Signs Legislation Modernizing Federal Chemical Regulation Law - Overhaul of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has important business implications for consumer product manufacturers and retailers. ...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins: What Does It Mean for TCPA Lawsuits?

As reported in our recent TCPA Connect, on May 16 the United States Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins. The High Court ruled that a plaintiff must show a "concrete" injury-in-fact to...more

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