Welcome to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
States will continue to enact or update their mini-TCPA and...more
Nearly two years ago, the Florida legislature amended Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), Fla. Stat. § 501.059, resulting in voluminous consumer class action and other litigation after there had previously been next...more
6/23/2023
/ Amended Legislation ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Marketing ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Unsolicited Phone Calls
In April 2021, the US Supreme Court issued its decision in Facebook v. Duguid narrowly construing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) “automatic telephone dialing system” definition. In so doing, the Supreme Court...more
Since becoming law in July 2021, Florida’s Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), Fla. Stat. § 501.059(8)(a), has been a favorite of plaintiffs’ lawyers seeking to take advantage of its ambiguous restrictions on certain sales...more
6/1/2022
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dormant Commerce Clause ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
First Amendment ,
Preemption ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Private Right of Action ,
Subway ,
TCPA ,
Telephone Sales ,
Text Messages
Restrictions on telemarketing to Florida residents are about to get tighter. Just a few months ago, in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that for the purposes of the Telephone...more
7/28/2021
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Do Not Call List ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Written Consent