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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — Eyes on Appeals: Fourth Circuit May Weigh In on E-SIGN Act; Stay...

Fourth Circuit Potentially Weighing In on E-SIGN Act - As we previously covered, a defendant making “winback” calls found itself mired in a TCPA class action in the US District Court for the District of Maryland in a case...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — Second and Third Circuits Address Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems;...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation, recent court decisions continue to provide defendant-friendly clarity as to what technology and platforms constitute automatic...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Eleventh Circuit Expands on Drazen II, Holding that an Unwanted Text is Sufficient for FTSA Standing

In a per curiam unpublished opinion, the Eleventh Circuit recently held that a plaintiff had standing to assert claims under the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (“FTSA,” Fla. Stat. § 501.059) for his receipt of five...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

11th Circuit Finds One Unwanted Text Message Sufficient to Allow Standing to File Suit in Drazen v. Pinto

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In the case of Drazen v. Pinto, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc ruled unanimously that plaintiffs who received a single unwanted telemarketing text message suffered a concrete injury. In 2019, Susan...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Ninth Circuit Further Narrows The Meaning Of ATDS Under The Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Among other things, the federal TCPA imposes liability for calling/texting cell phone numbers using an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”) without sufficient prior express consent. As defined by the TCPA, ATDS is...more

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Class Action Quarterly Update

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Class Actions Quarterly Update: Employee Misclassification in the Logistics Industry - The vast majority of class action litigation in the logistics industry over the past quarter, and indeed the last few years, has been...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Supreme Court: A Service Text Message Is Not a Violation of the Spam Law

The Supreme Court recently ruled on the issue of whether sending a text message in the course of customer service constitutes a violation of the Spam Law. The Court granted the Bezeq company’s appeal regarding the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Rikki, Don’t Autodial That Number! – Ninth Circuit Doesn’t Want You To Call Nobody Else (in violation of the TCPA)

Class action plaintiffs’ attorneys may argue that a recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit expands the scope of liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) to include calls or text messages sent on all modern...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Ninth Circuit Rules an ATDS Need Only Have the Capacity to “Store Numbers to Be Called” and Dial “Automatically”

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In Marks v. Crunch San Diego, No. 14-56834, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 26883 (9th Cir. Sept. 20, 2018), a three judge panel found “the term ‘automatic telephone dialing system’ means equipment which has the capacity (1) to store...more

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Presentation Matters When Seeking to Compel Arbitration in Consumer Class Actions

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A pair of recent opinions proves that when it comes to compelling arbitration in a consumer class action, presentation of the arbitration clause may matter more than favorable Supreme Court precedent. First, in Norcia v....more

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