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2024 Updates to State Mini-TCPA Laws

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Since the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which narrowly interpreted the dialing technologies that are considered an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) regulated by the...more

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Going Mobile: Data Discoverable on Mobile Devices

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If you ask most legal professionals about discovery of data from mobile devices, the discussion typically turns to text messages. However, there are several other data types unique to mobile devices that are not only...more

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California Federal Court Dismisses TCPA Complaint Finding Recruitment Messages Are Not Solicitations

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In a recent ruling, a U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a complaint brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint alleged that the...more

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Arizona Federal District Court Holds MMS’s Are Not Prerecorded Messages Under the TCPA Unless They Play Automatically

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A district court in the District of Arizona granted a motion to dismiss in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case on the basis that multimedia messaging service (MMS) texts do not constitute prerecorded messages...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of TCPA Case Involving Text Messages Holding “Prerecorded Voice Messages” Require Audible...

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On August 8, a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming a district court’s partial dismissal judgment entered in Trim v. Reward Zone USA LLC, holding that text messages did not use prerecorded voices...more

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Special Report - State Mini-TCPA Laws Create Patchwork Quilt of Regulations for Automated Calls and Texts - July 2023

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Since the Supreme Court of the United States issued its 2021 ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which narrowly interpreted the dialing technologies that are considered an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) regulated by the...more

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Projected Amendments Curbing Florida Mini-TCPA

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Florida H.B. 761 which amends the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (“FTSA” Fla. Stat. § 501.059) has passed both houses and is awaiting Governor Ron DeSantis’ signature. The proposed amendments significantly restrict the...more

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Court Finds Text Messages Do Not Qualify As Artificial or Prerecorded Voice Messages Under the TCPA

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In Eggleston v. Reward Zone USA LLC, No. 2:20-cv-01027-SVW-KS (C.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2022), the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California rejected the argument that text messages are “artificial or prerecorded...more

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New FDCPA Rules Are Now in Effect: Is Your Company Compliant?

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently implemented a new set of rules applicable to collections agencies and others qualifying as “debt collectors” under the FDCPA. These rules, which appear within the...more

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Florida Telemarketing Alert: Florida Likely Has Adopted Strict Rules on Marketing Phone Calls, Text Messages, and Voicemails

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On April 28, 2021, both houses of the Florida legislature unanimously voted to amend Florida’s Telemarketing Act with CS/SB 1120 (the “Act”). The Act was presented to Florida Governor Ron Desantis on June 28, and approved by...more

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Eleventh Circuit Holds No Article III Standing in TCPA Case Involving Ringless Voice Mail Message

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Last year, the Eleventh Circuit held in Salcedo v. Hanna, 936 F.3d 1162 (11th Cir. 2019) that a plaintiff did not have Article III standing to sue for a violation of the TCPA based on receipt of a single text message. The...more

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Consumer Law Hinsights – August 2020

Consumer Law Hinsights is a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies, brought to you by Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP....more

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Second District Court in the Nation Holds That a Ringless Voicemail is a “Call” Under the TCPA

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Back in July of last year, a Michigan Western District Court became the first court in the country to hold that a “ringless” voicemail—technology which “deposits” a voicemail into a consumer’s voice mail box without actually...more

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First-in-the-Nation TCPA Result: Court Holds Direct Dropped Voicemails are Covered by the TCPA

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Despite Jay Edelson’s pronouncement this week that there is no new ground to till in TCPAland, a court this week just issued yet another first-in-the-nation ruling and it could have a big impact on users of so-called “direct...more

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Can You Hear Me Now? South Carolina Department of Revenue Issues Guidance on Taxation of Communication Services

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The South Carolina Department of Revenue (the “Department”) issued guidance earlier this month, in South Carolina Revenue Ruling 17-2, to update a comprehensive discussion concerning how communication services are taxed. Up...more

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