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Telephone Consumer Protection Act Vicarious Liability

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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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Sales Agents: The Dangers of the ‘Canary Trap’

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, was enacted in 1991 “to protect the privacy interests of residential telephone subscribers,” according to the act’s legislative history. The TCPA provides for a...more

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Federal Court Dismisses Action for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Due to Insufficient Agency Relationship

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana demonstrates how a defendant may successfully challenge personal jurisdiction when the facts fail to show vicarious liability through a...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

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Attention to Detail — and the Defense — Prevails in Two Recent Cases

Two recent decisions emphasize the necessity of precisely examining a plaintiff’s complaint for potential defenses while keeping each element of the TCPA in mind. First, in Hulce v. Zipongo, Inc., No. 23-C-0159, 2024 WL...more

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Texas District Court Joins the Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, Permitting a Private Right of Action for...

The Northern District of Texas, in Powers v. One Technologies, LLC, joined its sister courts and the Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal to hold that 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(d), which prohibits certain...more

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An Indiana District Court Foreshadows a Split in Authority as to Personal Liability of Corporate Officers

The District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in Black v. First Impression Interactive, Inc., No. 21 C 3745, 2022 WL 169652 (Jan. 19, 2022), denied a motion to dismiss a TCPA claim and, in so doing, highlighted a...more

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California Court Enters Summary Judgment Against Plaintiff Who Failed To Prove Vicarious Liability

A court in the Northern District of California recently granted a defense motion for summary judgment, finding that the defendants were not vicariously liable for a subcontractor’s supposed TCPA violations because the record...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 8, 2021

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Real Property Update - Bert Harris Act: Certifying question whether the 2021 amendment to the Bert J. Harris Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act clarifies the existing law so that plaintiff may maintain an action...more

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Direct Energy Defeats TCPA Claim: No Liability for Unknown Telemarketer’s Calls

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With all the talk of the Supreme Court’s decision in AAPC, it’s upcoming decision in Facebook, and all the other currently hot items-of-the-year in TCPA litigation (Creasy, etc.), it can be easy to skip past decisions that...more

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A Pair of Federal Courts Find No Vicarious Liability Under the TCPA

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Companies that rely on third parties to market products could face legal exposure under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when those third-party agents call, text or fax consumers without the requisite consent....more

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District of Nevada Applies Agency Principles to TCPA Suit Against Messaging Platform and Consumer-Info Company, Dismisses Claims

Last week, the District of Nevada contributed to a growing consensus among Ninth Circuit district courts that TCPA liability generally does not extend to companies that produce equipment used to place unlawful calls—such as...more

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Alleged Oversight and Monitoring of a Messaging Campaign Deemed Inadequate to Establish Agency

Another court decision reminds us that conclusory allegations that an agency relationship exists should not be sufficient to impute TCPA liability on the alleged beneficiary of a messaging campaign. Pleadings that lack...more

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Court Dismisses Claims that Shopping Platform was Directly or Vicariously Liable for Retailer’s Texts

The Northern District of California recently granted a motion to dismiss, finding the plaintiff failed to plausibly allege that e-commerce platform Shopify was directly or vicariously liable for the alleged TCPA violations of...more

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Seventh Circuit Remands $280 Million TCPA Penalty Against DISH Network, LLC

The Seventh Circuit recently issued an opinion with significant implications for defendants evaluating the prospects for due process challenges to awards of statutory damages under the TCPA, as well as defendants facing...more

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Lead Generation and the TCPA: How to Protect Your Company from Downstream Bad Actors

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Many businesses, including retailers, rely on inbound lead generators to identify prospective customers for telephone or text-based direct marketing campaigns. Sourcing inbound leads from a variety of providers allows firms...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending March 6, 2020

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Law of the Case: Motion to vacate that attempted to re-litigate issues on standing that had been rejected on direct appeal was precluded by the law of the case doctrine – Schwartz v....more

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Seventh Circuit Weighs in on Vicarious Liability Under TCPA

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Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified the application of common-law vicarious liability principles to TCPA class actions in Warciak v. Subway Restaurants, Inc., 2020 WL 559105 (7th...more

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Court Holds No Vicarious Liability Under TCPA for Text Message Sent by Wireless Carrier Promising Free Sandwich

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The TCPA not only carries draconian penalties, but courts as of late seem to have been rather lenient in allowing claims to proceed based on very thin theories of vicarious liability. However, an opinion by the Seventh...more

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Cruise Line Sails into Sea of TCPA Liability from Vendor’s Use of Soundboard Tech

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New communications technologies are being adopted at a rapid pace by industry.  This has led to the emergence of legal questions over whether this new technology is regulated by the TCPA.  One such question, which has seen...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending November 22, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Rehearing: Order denying rehearing on summary judgment motion and denying continuance affirmed where (1) affidavit in support of rehearing failed to disclose any genuine issue of...more

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Security Company Found Vicariously Liable for TCPA Violations Committed by Lead Seller

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The realm of lead generation can present a minefield of TCPA risks. The recent order granting summary judgment in Braver v. NorthStar Alarm Systems, LLC, No. CIV-17-0383, 2019 WL 3208651 (W.D. Ok. Jul. 15, 2019) illustrates...more

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Court Grants Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Vicarious Liability Issues

The Western District of Oklahoma recently granted a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment against NorthStar Alarm Services, LLC (“NorthStar”) in a certified class action. The court held, in part, that NorthStar was...more

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TCPA Case Law Review (Vol. 9): How are there still this many TCPA cases?

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The volume of TCPA cases nationwide makes it incredibly difficult to keep up with all of the latest developments. Who wants to engage in the tedious task of reading more than 100 published decisions related to the TCPA...more

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TCPA Case Law Review (Vol. 8)

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Although there have not been any groundbreaking cases to start the new year, 2019 is off to a good start for the TCPA defense bar. Several courts have denied class certification in putative TCPA class actions while other...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending January 25, 2019

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Real Property Update - Trespass / Temporary Injunction: temporary injunction order premised upon a physical trespass onto property, which did not specify actions that constitute trespass, did not enjoin use of airspace over...more

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