On November 16, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the current chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the committee and the author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, unveiled the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (“TRACED Act”). Among other things, this bill would require carriers to eventually
The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari to a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case that could fundamentally shape the interpretation of one of the most litigated statutes in America. Its November 13, 2018, certiorari grant means that the Supreme Court should decide whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or the courts will dominate
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a petition by a healthcare company to consider whether courts must give deference to the FCC’s legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
The dispute in this case arises from an unsolicited fax transmission received by Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, which offered a free e-book. The company
A district court in Wisconsin amplified the uncertainty facing TCPA litigants in the Seventh Circuit by holding that a predictive dialer constitutes an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”), even if the device does not place random or sequentially dialed numbers. In denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss, the court applied the ATDS definition
The District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently added to TCPA case law concerning the level of human intervention required to defeat claimed use of an automatic telephone dialing system, or “ATDS,” in a TCPA lawsuit. In Gaza v. Auto Glass America, LLC, Case No. 8:17-cv-01811, Doc. No. 42 (M.D.
The Ninth Circuit is not going to reconsider a recent ruling that shook the world of Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation and has thereby set the stage for a confrontation with the Federal Communications Commission’s powers over the TCPA.
On September 21, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Marks v. Crunch San Diego that,
On Friday, October 26th the Ninth Circuit upheld the Central District of California’s dismissal of plaintiff Jalen Epps’s First Amended Complaint for Earth Fare, Inc.’s alleged violation of the TCPA and California’s Unfair Competition Law. Epps is considered an “Opt-Out evader”—she has multiple suits pending against retailers with identical allegations. She consents to receiving text
On October 18, the Northern District of Georgia issued an Order denying attempts by defendants IDT Corporation and IDT Telecom, Inc. (collectively “IDT”) to strike a putative Telephone Consumer Protection Act class on grounds established in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017). In Dennis v. IDT,
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Executive Summary
If a consumer signs a contract with a creditor in which the consumer consents to be called, can he or she later revoke that consent if they simply change their mind? In a significant decision under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a District Court in the Eleventh Circuit recently said they cannot. A