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Autodialer TCPA Claim

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Following the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Facebook v. Duguid, consumers alleging Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) claims against companies for using an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) are...more

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2024 Updates to State Mini-TCPA Laws

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Since the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which narrowly interpreted the dialing technologies that are considered an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) regulated by the...more

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Third Circuit Clarifies TCPA ATDS Liability

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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

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Second Circuit adheres to narrow definition of ATDS

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On May 10, 2024, the Second Circuit held in Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust Ltd., No. 22-1726 (2d Cir. May 10, 2024), that a device that selects and dials numbers from a stored list does not constitute an...more

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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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July 2023 Class Action Blog Summary

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What are the most significant judicial decisions affecting class action litigation, and how might they impact your business?...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Colorado Federal Court Declines to Dismiss TCPA Claim: Finds ATDS Plausibly Alleged Based on Reasoning in Facebook’s Footnote 7

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More than two years after the Supreme Court’s opinion in Facebook v. Duguid, courts and litigants continue to wrestle with the statutory definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer...more

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Special Report - State Mini-TCPA Laws Create Patchwork Quilt of Regulations for Automated Calls and Texts - July 2023

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Since the Supreme Court of the United States issued its 2021 ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which narrowly interpreted the dialing technologies that are considered an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) regulated by the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

First Post-Facebook Appeal Makes Its Way to Supreme Court

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More than two years after the Supreme Court released its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, confirming the meaning of automatic telephone dialing systems (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a plaintiff has...more

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Multiple Layers of TCPA Defense Remain Important after Duguid

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The Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in Facebook v. Duguid changed the landscape of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation. For years prior, aggressive plaintiffs had stretched the TCPA’s antiquated language...more

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Proposed Federal TCPA Legislation Offers a New and Narrow ATDS Definition

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On July 12, 2022, Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., and Katie Porter, D-Calif. introduced H.R. 8334 in the U.S. House of Representatives, which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The bill would...more

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New House Bill Threatens to Expand the TCPA to Regulate Text Messages

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Last week, six House Democrats introduced H.R. 8334, the Robotext Scam Prevention Act, which seeks to expand federal telemarketing laws to, among other things, expressly cover text messaging. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

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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ATDS Status Turns on Capability of Dialing Equipment, Not Actual Use, Third Circuit Holds—But Liability Turns on Actual Use, Not...

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit concluded that the TCPA’s definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (or “ATDS”) includes all dialing equipment with the present ability to generate random or...more

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“Simply Beyond the Bounds of Common Sense”

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California federal court rejects plaintiff’s attempt to circumvent Facebook In April 2021, the Supreme Court dealt a massive blow to Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims based on automatic telephone dialing systems...more

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Post-Facebook v. Duguid: Lower Courts Speak (UPDATED)

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

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District Courts Find ATDS Allegations Implausible Following Facebook

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Courts in the Southern District of California and District of Arizona recently added to the line of decisions addressing ATDS pleading requirements in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Facebook v. Duguid. ...more

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Sixth Circuit Reverses District Court in TCPA Enforceability Challenge

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The Sixth Circuit recently issued a significant ruling in a closely watched TCPA proceeding. The Sixth Circuit ruled that the TCPA’s automated call provisions could be enforced against businesses in connection with calls...more

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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