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WAR OF ATTRITION: Lead Seller Stuck in TCPA Suit After Settling with Litigator Wins Transfer of Third-Party Suit

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Interesting little case for you folks today. Any time you are in a TCPA class action that involves multiple parties– such as when a lead seller makes calls and then transfers the calls to a buyer who is subsequently sued– the...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

TCPA Vicarious Liability - June 6, 2025

Our readers are well aware of the fact that companies can be held vicariously liable for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) violations. However, a recent decision from an Illinois federal court highlights the...more

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The State AG Report – 10.24.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AG Task Force Issues Warning over Illegal Robocalls - ...more

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New York Federal Court Certifies TCPA Class Where Phone Numbers Were Obtained Through a Third-Party Website

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In Aley v. Lightfire Partners, LLC, a U.S. District Court in the Northern District of New York certified aa Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action for all persons whose telephone numbers were on the National Do...more

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TCPA Vicarious Liability

An Illinois federal district court judge recently held that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) may be vicariously liable for alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) violations. In Nater...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Breaking Down The New FCC Lead Generation Rules

On Dec. 13, 2023, in a 4-1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission finalized new rules to close the so-called lead generator robocall and robotexts loophole, marking a significant paradigm shift in lead generation...more

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New Federal District Court Decision Allows Secondary Liability Theory Under TCPA to Proceed

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The Middle District of Tennessee denied a defendant’s summary judgment motion in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case, clearing the way for a lawsuit claiming that the defendant was secondarily liable under an...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 27, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Does the Eleventh Circuit’s Hunstein Decision Mean that the FDCPA Violates the First Amendment?

The Eleventh Circuit’s far-reaching decision in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc. — which we previously covered on this blog — continues to raise questions for the wide range of industries that...more

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A Radical Change to Ratification: Key Takeaways from Henderson v. United Student Aid Funds, Inc.

On Friday, March 22, a split panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a company with no direct contractual relationship with independent contractors could be found vicariously liable for the actions of those...more

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TCPA Tea Leaves: Here’s Our Best Guess at How the FCC’s New Recycled Number Database Will Work and What It Will Mean for the...

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Tomorrow the FCC is set to meet and, presumably, to approve a Second Report and Order creating a database of re-assigned numbers... The database is being created to help callers avoid calling wrong numbers. When a phone...more

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Conduit or Can’t Do It?: Platform Providers Suddenly in a Bind When Customers Use Their Products to Violate the TCPA

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Not long ago I would have told you that platform providers are “fine” when asked whether they could be held liable solely for the unlawful actions of customers using their products. Just like Verizon is never liable when a...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2018 #4

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Just weeks after Mexico’s central bank was targeted by hackers who stole $15 million, Chile’s biggest bank, Banco de Chile, announced on May 28, 2018, that it had been struck by a “virus” that affected its workstations,...more

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The Positives and Negatives of the FCC’s Recent Omnibus Order on the TCPA

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On Friday, July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an omnibus, Declaratory Ruling and Order (FCC Ruling) seeking to clarify certain ambiguities in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The...more

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