On June 3, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that consent from the intended recipient of calls does not absolve an entity of liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act if the entity did not have the consent of the party actually called. This decision aligns with decisions from the
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney, Samrah Mahmoud, will present during the Berkeley Research Group’s interactive webinar, “Why Can’t You Meet Me in the Middle? When, Why, and How to Mediate TCPA Class Actions,” on June 4, 2020 at 1:00 pm CDT.
With courts across the country closed in response to the
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney, David Anthony, will present during the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association’s webinar, “Consumer Financial Protection Challenges Amid COVID-19,” on June 3, 2020 at 2:00 pm EDT.
Millions of consumers are suffering negative financial consequences because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal, state and local
A judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California last week established a limit to what constitutes “reasonable means” for a consumer to revoke his or her consent to be contacted by lenders under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment in Wright v. USAA
In what can only be construed as a strong signal that state attorneys general are looking to focus their efforts on illegal robocalls, a letter signed by every state attorney general and the attorneys general of American Samoa and Puerto Rico was sent to USTelecom, a trade association that represents the interests of the telecom
The Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee are pushing their proposed package of bills aimed at responding to the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic. This time around, they are supporting the bill that would place a moratorium on debt collection activities for the duration of the pandemic.
A May 5 release from the Democrats on the
On May 13, a federal court in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss in a putative class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The Court dismissed the plaintiff’s claims that the defendant, an e-commerce provider that offers a texting platform to
Please join Troutman Sanders attorneys, Virginia Flynn, Chad Fuller, Alan Wingfield, and Brooke Conkle for the Complimentary Webinar “Hot Topics for Calling in the Time of COVID-19,” on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. EDT.
This webinar will cover the landmark decisions rendered by the Second, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits in
On March 30, several financial service providers filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking for clarification on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s emergency purposes exception in the context of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”). The comment period on that petition closed this week, with a further reply date of May 21, 2020. This follows the
The status of the Louisiana Public Service Commission’s (“Commission”) potential enforcement of the available emergency measures pursuant to the Do Not Call General Order (Docket No. R_29617, decided Oct. 11, 2006) (“DNC Order”) has been unclear. While these emergency measures generally have been imposed during prior emergencies, they presently remain unimplemented despite Governor John Bel