Settling an issue that has prompted a variety of approaches to claims under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in Marissa Bibbs v. Trans Union LLC that courts...more
Curtailing the reach of an antiquated robocall law, the U.S. Supreme Court has sharply limited what constitutes an “autodialer" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.
The unanimous decision in Facebook,...more
For the second time this year, the U.S. Supreme Court is wading into the jurisprudential morass presented by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 with a case that could determine whether the TCPA will continue to be...more
Handing challengers a win but not their sought-after remedy, a fragmented U.S. Supreme Court refused to strike down the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a federal law that broadly prohibits so-called “robocalls,”...more
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Cell Phones ,
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Content-Based Restrictions ,
Debt Collection ,
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Federal Bans ,
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In a decision with broad implications, the Federal Communications Commission voted on June 5 to adopt a rule that allows phone carriers to employ automatic blocks on unwanted or illegal robocalls – estimated to number in the...more
In a ruling that creates confusion for businesses that call or text consumers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has adopted an expansive definition of what constitutes an “automatic telephone dialing system” or...more