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California Appellate Courts Doubly Divided Over Probate Code Section 859

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We blogged recently about Keading v. Keading (2021) 60 Cal.App.5th 1115, which addresses whether a trial court can impose damages under California Probate Code section 859, without a finding of bad faith, if the court finds...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Unpacking the U.S. Supreme Court's Unanimous Facebook Decision Narrowing the TCPA's Autodialer Definition

A unanimous United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on April 1, 2021, resolved more than a decade of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and untold millions of dollars in claims by disentangling the contorted...more

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Domestic Discovery for Foreign Arbitrations? Now Three Circuits Say “No”

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Earlier this month I posted a short piece describing a two-to-two circuit split on the question of whether a foreign private arbitration panel is a “foreign or international tribunal” for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1782, which...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Second Circuit Decision Widens Circuit Split in TCPA Landscape

- In a departure from the majority view, the 2nd Circuit has held that a texting platform need not have the capacity for random or sequential number generation in order to constitute an an automatic telephone dialing system...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Circuit Split Created as Eleventh and Seventh Circuits Narrowly Interpret Definition of Auto-Dialer Under the TCPA

We now have a split among federal circuits regarding the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which limits automated calls and text messages. What...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Seventh Circuit Disagrees with Ninth Circuit and Joins the Third and Eleventh Circuit in Adopting a Narrow Interpretation of ATDS

In a decision released on February 19 that relied principally on rules of grammar, the Seventh Circuit held that to be an ATDS under the TCPA, a device must be capable of storing or producing telephone numbers using a random...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Eleventh Circuit Endorses Narrow Definition of TCPA Autodialer Creating Circuit Split

On January 27, 2020, a federal court of appeals issued a significant decision interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (commonly referred to as the “TCPA”) in a way that limits the expansive potential liability...more

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SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Scope Discrimination Because of Sex Under Title VII

On October 8, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument on one core question: does the prohibition on discrimination “because of...sex” in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 include...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Sixth Circuit Approves Discovery in Aid of Foreign Private Arbitrations

• The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently approved the use of 28 U.S.C. 1782(a) to obtain discovery in connection with a commercial arbitration proceeding occurring outside the United States. • The decision establishes a...more

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District of Minnesota Rejects Marks, Grants Defendant Summary Judgment in TCPA Case

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On November 13, 2018, the District of Minnesota rejected the Ninth Circuit’s expansive interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA’s) automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) provision in Marks v. Crunch...more

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Any Way You Slice It: Court Holds LiveVox HCI is Not an ATDS Under Even the Broadest Reading of the Term

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Even under Marks, a manually-dialed call remains excluded from the TCPA, at least according to a new decision out yesterday. The District Court in Hatuey v. Ic Sys., No. 1:16-cv-12542-DPW, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193713 (D....more

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TCPA Alert – What’s that Crunch-ing sound? Reason being destroyed in the Ninth Circuit

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Ever since the D.C. Circuit’s ruling six months ago in ACA Int’l v. FCC, 885 F.3d 687 (D.C. Cir. 2018), which invalidated the FCC’s interpretation of an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”), a consensus had been...more

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Ninth Circuit Adopts Expansive Definition of Auto-Dialer in TCPA Case

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In a ruling that increases liability for companies that use text messaging for marketing or communicating with customers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit adopted an expansive definition of what constitutes an...more

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Ninth Circuit Creates Split Of Authority as to TCPA’s Scope

• Parting company with the 3rd Circuit, the 9th Circuit has ruled that equipment that can automatically dial stored numbers may qualify as an ATDS under the TCPA. • The ruling creates a split of authority as to whether the...more

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Split in New Jersey: Court Finds Predictive Dialers not covered by the TCPA– Contrary to Earlier Rulings by Different Judge In...

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Welcome to Splitsville. As courts continue to address the definition of automated telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) it was only a matter of time before we started...more

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Fear No Fees: No Payment of PTO Attorneys' Fees for District Court Patent Review

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This decision should be a welcome development for patent applicants seeking review. On July 27, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its en banc opinion in NantKwest, Inc. v. Iancu, No. 16-1794...more

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“Counsel, You Just Won the TCPA Case!”–Petitioners’ Lead Counsel Shay Dvoretzky Joins the WBD Ramble Podcast to Discuss the Big...

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Jones Day Partner Shay Dvoretzky successfully argued the appeal in ACA Int’l v. Fed. Commc’ns Comm’n, 885 F.3d 687 (D.C. Cir. 2018) on behalf of the Petitioners challenging the TCPA’s 2015 TCPA Omnibus ruling. Now he’s...more

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Breaking: ACA Int’l’s Counsel tells WBD Ramble Podcast that FCC’s Predictive Dialer Rulings Were Definitively Overruled by D.C....

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Jones Day Partner Shay Dvoretzky successfully argued the appeal in ACA Int’l v. Fed. Commc’ns Comm’n, 885 F.3d 687 (D.C. Cir. 2018) on behalf of the Petitioners challenging the TCPA’s 2015 TCPA Omnibus ruling. Now he’s...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Case That Raises Issue Of Whether State Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Securities Act...

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On November 28, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, No. 15-1439, a case addressing whether state courts have jurisdiction over class actions asserting...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Supreme Court to Determine State Court Jurisdiction of Class Actions Under Securities Act of 1933

On June 27, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Cyan Inc. et al. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund et al., agreeing to weigh in on whether state courts have jurisdiction to hear class action lawsuits brought...more

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