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Carlton Fields

11th Circuit: Another GoDaddy TCPA Class Settlement Is a No-Go

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In the latest decision in a long-running saga in Drazen v. Pinto, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals tackled several issues regarding a proposed class settlement agreement....more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Eleventh Circuit Provides New Guidance on Class Action Settlements

Suppose that the central issue in a putative class action is a legal issue pending before the Supreme Court. Depending on how the Supreme Court rules, the plaintiffs will recover either nothing or up to $600 million. But...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

First FTSA Class Action Settlement Seeks Approval

What is believed to be the first settlement under Florida’s mini-Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) law is seeking judicial approval for a payout of more than $2.5 million....more

Troutman Pepper

TCPA: Text Messages Still Hot-Button Issue After Furniture Companies Resolve Class for Millions

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On July 6, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted final approval of a multimillion-dollar, class-action settlement in Parker v. Stoneledge Furniture, LLC, et al., No. 21-740 (M.D. Fla.) to resolve...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Adobe’s $1M TCPA Deal Results in $2,000 Payout for Class Members

A California federal court signed off on a $1 million settlement agreement, putting an end to a class action filed against Adobe over calls that allegedly violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and yielding...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Split Eleventh Circuit Panel Eliminates Incentive Awards for Class Representatives

Last month, in a split decision, the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court’s incentive award to the named plaintiff in a class action alleging willful violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. In doing so, it...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Judge Rejects $4 Million TCPA Settlement

This week, a Pennsylvania federal judge refused to approve a proposed $4 million settlement for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) because it would provide the 67,000 class members with only $35 each....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Court Finds That Some Soundboard Calls Can Qualify As “Prerecorded Voice” Calls, At Least When They Do Not “Interact With the...

As we previously discussed, the need for clarification as to the TCPA’s treatment of outbound calls made using soundboard technology (“soundboard calls”) is particularly manifest in light of two pending petitions before the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

California Court Denies Class Certification in ‘Wrong Number’ Case

A California federal court judge refused to certify a class of plaintiffs in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit against Citibank, determining that individualized issues of consent would predominate in a case...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

$375.00 a Class Member to Settle? Court Approves Whopper of a TCPA Settlement Against Allstate Insurance Company over Junk Faxes

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It has been a while since TCPAland has seen a settlement in the three digit range per class member. But this week brought us such a settlement by way of the final approval order entered in Etter v. Allstate Insurance...more

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TCPA Classes Failing Failsafe Rule: Why Courts Should Start Taking the Rule Against Failsafe Classes A Little More Seriously at...

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TCPA cases often involve brightly-lit esoteric legal issues that attract law nerd moths like me from all corners. Last week I explored one way intervention, and I had so much fun that this week I’d like to ruminate on the...more

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No Get Out of Jail Free Card: Court Grants Final Approval to $8.8MM TCPA Class of Failed Inmate Notification Calls

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When you’re arrested you may be entitled to one phone call but who has to pay for it? Maybe the company connecting the call by way of a TCPA suit. We’ve seen a lot of TCPA class action settlements over the years, but the...more

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Is FinTech the Next TCPA Frontier?: New High-Powered Class Action against Fiserv, Inc. May Be Harbinger of Things to Come

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A new federal class action complaint against Fiserv, Inc. was filed yesterday in the Eastern District of Wisconsin alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Fiserv–a leading provider of technology...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

TCPA Violations Claimed Against Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego (Rady) was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court this week for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for autodialed debt-collection calls...more

Burr & Forman

California Court Strikes Fail-Safe TCPA Class Definition

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Dixon v. Monterey Fin. Services, Inc., No. 15-cv-03298 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 22, 2016) - At issue before the Court was Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, and Defendant’s second motion to strike class definition as a fail-safe...more

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