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Telephone Consumer Protection Act First Amendment

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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AI-Generated Deepfakes and the Emerging Legal Landscape

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As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes ubiquitous, news stories regarding the use (and abuse) of deepfakes—that is, AI-generated media used to impersonate real individuals—are increasingly common. For example,...more

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Supreme Court of Texas Runs at the Low Hurdle of Prima Facie Evidence in Anti-SLAPP Motion Practice

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Last week, the Supreme Court of Texas addressed the quantum of evidence required for a plaintiff to support a prima facie case and survive a motion to dismiss brought under the Texas Citizens Participation Act, Texas’s...more

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FTSA Dismissal Decisions Update: One Win, One New Loss

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​​​​​​​Last week, courts issued two new Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA) decisions. We’ve been covering the sprawl of FTSA cases filed since the statute was amended to allow for a private cause of action in July...more

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Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act Survives First Constitutional Challenge

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Since becoming law in July 2021, Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), Fla. Stat. § 501.059(8)(a), has been a favorite of plaintiffs’ lawyers seeking to take advantage of its ambiguous restrictions on certain sales...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Post-Barr, Sixth Circuit Says Debt Collectors Can Be Liable

Continuing the fallout from the now over-one-year-old decision in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit ruled that the U.S. Constitution displaced the...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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TCPA – Sixth Circuit affirms enforceability of TCPA from 2015 to 2020

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Takeaway: In Lindenbaum v. Realgy, LLC, --- F.4th ----, 20-4252, 2021 WL 4097320 (6th Cir. Sept. 9, 2021), the Sixth Circuit rejected the defendant’s argument that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) had been...more

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Sixth Circuit rules unconstitutionality of 2015 TCPA amendment did not invalidate claims for post-2015 TCPA violations not...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently ruled that the unconstitutionality of the 2015 TCPA amendment that created an exception to the robocall restriction for calls made to collect debts owed to the federal...more

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Sixth Circuit Reverses Lindenbaum, Finds TCPA Government-Backed Debt Exemption Did Not Render Remainder of Statute...

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On Thursday, September 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its opinion in Lindenbaum v. Realgy LLC, reversing a district court opinion that found the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Post-Barr, Liability Attaches for Debt Collector—but With Damages Limitation—in Delaware

Interpreting the Supreme Court’s ruling in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., severing the government-backed debt exception from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a federal court in...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 11

A New Bill Could Allow Digital Closings Nationwide "Dubbed the SECURE Notarization Act, the bill would allow for remote online notarization services nationwide." Why this is important: In the wake of the coronavirus...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

District Court Departs from Supreme Court Plurality to Find Government-Debt Collector Retroactively Liable Under TCPA — But...

For nearly five years, the TCPA explicitly excluded from liability calls made to collect government-backed debt. Naturally, government debt collectors relied on this exception and called debtors without fear of TCPA...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Redial: 2020 TCPA Year-in-Review - Analysis of critical issues and trends in TCPA compliance and litigation

Supreme Court leaves TCPA intact; strikes down exception for government debt collection - The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) remains in place, but the exception permitting robocalls for government debt...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Another District Court Joins Creasy Split

Recently, the Eastern District of Missouri added to the split among courts deciding whether they can hear TCPA claims alleging robocall violations that occurred when the now-invalidated government debt exception was part of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Two More District Courts Disagree with Creasy

Confusion continues amongst federal district courts in the wake of Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. (“AAPC”), 140 S. Ct. 2335 (2020), the Supreme Court decision that held the TCPA’s government-debt...more

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AAPC In Review

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In July of 2020, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., 140 S. Ct. 2335 (2020), known ever since as the AAPC decision. The Supreme Court set...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Northern District of Florida Picks Side in Creasy Split

In the aftermath of Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc.—the Supreme Court decision from July that held the TCPA’s government-debt exception to be an unconstitutional content-based restriction on...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Eastern District of California Adds to Creasy Split

As we have reported... a growing number of district courts are issuing opinions addressing whether they have subject matter jurisdiction over TCPA claims alleging robocall violations that occurred when the government debt...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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

California District Court Criticizes Creasy, Concluding Barr Decision does not Deprive it of Jurisdiction

A district court from the Central District of California cast its lot against the growing argument that federal courts lack jurisdiction over TCPA claims based on conduct that occurred when the government debt exception was...more

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Consumer Law Hinsights – December 2020

Consumer Law Hinsights is a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. Eleventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Win in TCPA...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Is Florida Queasy About Creasy?

On the same day last week, two different judges in the Middle District of Florida issued divergent decisions regarding the effect of the Supreme Court’s holding in Barr v. AAPC, 140 S. Ct. 2335, 2347 (2020). One followed the...more

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TCPA Is Unenforceable Since 2015 – Federal Courts In Louisiana And Ohio Rule

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In late September, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued a first of its kind ruling regarding the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (“TCPA”). The court held that TCPA provision, 47...more

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First-of-its-Kind Decision Rejects Liability for Calls Made Before Supreme Court Cured TCPA's Unconstitutionality by Invalidating...

Charter Communications may have just helped literally thousands of TCPA defendants snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. As our regular readers know, the Supreme Court recently held in Barr v. AAPC that a recent addition...more

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