Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that mobile phones may qualify as “residential telephones” when used (as the Complaint alleged) primarily for “personal, family, and household use,”...more
The Seventh Circuit has reversed a decision from last year by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissing a TCPA claim for lack of personal jurisdiction over an alleged principal of the caller. ...more
A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently concluded that receipt of unwanted text messages in violation of the TCPA can constitute an injury-in-fact for purposes of Article III...more
6/9/2021
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ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Dismissals ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Jurisdiction ,
Political Advertising ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages
The Northern District of Texas handed down a decision exploring the jurisdictional limitations on TCPA plaintiffs’ ability to hale out-of-state defendants into a plaintiff’s local federal court.
The case, Horton v....more
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
12/16/2020
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Consumer Litigation ,
Contacts List ,
Customers ,
Dismissals ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Robocalling ,
State and Local Government ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Vicarious Liability