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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

Burr & Forman

Ninth Circuit Holds Text Messages Are Not Prerecorded Calls

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Trim v Reward Zone USA LLC, No. 22-55517, 2023 WL 5025264 (9th Cir. August 8, 2023) - Plaintiff filed a putative class action, contending, in part, that three marketing text messages she received utilized prerecorded voices,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Frequent TCPA flyer is grounded: Federal judge denies class certification due to representative’s deceptive practices

A federal district court judge refused to certify a class led by a serial plaintiff who prolonged unsolicited calls in order to create a cause of action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The decision is a...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CEO Evades Personal Liability in TCPA Suit

A New Jersey federal court has refused to hold the CEO of companies also named as defendants in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit personally liable. ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Video Countdown: Top Ten 2018 TCPA News Stories

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The world of the TCPA is marked by constant flux and 2018 proved to be a particularly fluctuating year as the TCPA yo-yo'ed between positive court decisions, alarming legal enforcement against violators of the TCPA, and...more

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Credit Adjustments, Inc. Defeats Putative TCPA Class Action

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In Baisden v. Credit Adjustments, Inc., No. 15-3411 (6th Cir. Feb. 12, 2016), the Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of Credit Adjustments, Inc. in a putative class action alleging violations of the Telephone...more

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Creditor Can Obtain TCPA "Prior Express Consent" Through Intermediary, Sixth Circuit Rules

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A creditor that received a consumer's cell phone number through an intermediary had the consumer's ''prior express consent'' under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to receive calls from a debt collector, the U.S....more

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