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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.  
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Insurance Company Hit With TCPA Claim

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A recent class action lawsuit filed in a Texas federal court asserts a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) claim against American Family Life Assurance Company, Inc. (“AFLAC”) for allegedly placing unsolicited...more

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What Constitutes A TCPA Solicitation?

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Readers of this blog know that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) is an oft-discussed topic, with companies continuing to find themselves named as defendants in TCPA lawsuits. Thankfully, two recent decisions...more

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New TCPA Rules For Prerecorded Calls To Landlines Take Effect July 20

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Major changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations applicable to unsolicited informational robocalls to landlines are coming into effect on July 20, 2023. As anyone with a landline telephone during...more

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TCPA Violations Lead to $40 Million Settlement for Real Estate Company

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On April 19, a Florida court preliminarily approved a $40 million class-action settlement by a privately held major real estate company over claims that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint...more

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FTSA Does Not Apply to Calls Selling Services to Businesses

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The Middle District of Florida partially rejected a plaintiff’s motion for entry of final default judgment in Brown v. Care Front Funding, No. 8:22-cv-02408-VMC-JSS, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60879 (M.D. Fla. Apr. 6, 2023),...more

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S.D. Cal. Court Dismisses Claims, Finding Text Messages at Issue Were Not “Telephone Solicitations”

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The Southern District of California recently granted (in part) a motion to dismiss in Gross v. GG Homes, Inc., 2021 WL 2863623 (S.D. Cal. 2021), because the text messages at issue were not “telephone solicitations” within the...more

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Talk About Bad News: Dallas Morning News hit With TCPA Class Action Claiming Dying Circulation Prompted Illegal Call Campaign

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Its not easy running a newspaper these days. Half the country will think you’re fake news and the other half will wonder why you’re even printing stuff on paper anymore (even the picture of the newspapers above makes me think...more

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FCC’s TCPA Order Offers Little Clarity or Relief for Businesses

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In potentially its most significant action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) since the 2003 overhaul of its rules ushering in the National Do-Not-Call Registry and other updates, the Federal Communications...more

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A Message From the Eighth Circuit Regarding the TCPA

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The purpose of a telephone solicitation, rather than its content, determines whether it is prohibited telemarketing under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227 et seq. That is what the Eighth Circuit...more

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