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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Fourth Circuit Holds Faxes Received Online Not Subject to TCPA

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A fax is a fax is a fax… or is it? In a recent ruling in the long-running TCPA junk fax case Career Counseling, Inc. v. AmeriFactors Financial Group, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the statute’s prohibition...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Ask and You Shall Be Deemed to Have Consented to Receive: The Eleventh Circuit Affirms TCPA Fax Summary Judgment

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Consent is the most powerful weapon companies have against TCPA liability, and a recent Eleventh Circuit opinion illustrates how. In Gorss Motels, Inc. v. Safemark Systems, L.P., the Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

REDIAL: 2018 TCPA Year-in-Review – Analysis of Critical Issues and Trends in TCPA Compliance and Litigation

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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to send you its fifth annual REDIAL: 2018 TCPA YEAR-IN-REVIEW – ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL ISSUES AND TRENDS IN TCPA COMPLIANCE AND LITIGATION. Inside this digital edition, you will find our...more

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Dialing in – Top five TCPA issues for 2019

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Companies in consumer-facing industries face a continued wave of class action filings under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In 2018, TCPA lawsuits remained one of the most filed types of class actions in courts...more

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Controlled Chaos?: FCC Withdraws Overruled Portion of Solicited Fax Rule One Day After Supreme Court Accepts Review of Different...

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The TCPA jockeying continues at the FCC. As we reported on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court has just granted cert to determine whether or not the FCC’s definition of “unsolicited advertisement” in its 2006 Junk Fax Ruling...more

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From a Deference Dimension: Breaking Down the Supreme Court’s Grant of Certiorari to Consider Whether the Hobbs Act Requires...

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As reported earlier today, the Supreme Court granted the Petition for Certiorari in PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc., No. 17-1705, 2018 WL 3127423 (U.S. Nov. 13, 2018) to consider the following legal...more

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Technological Change As A Defense to TCPA Fax Class Actions

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In Scoma Chiropractic, P.A. v. Dental Equities, LLC, MasterCard International, Inc., et al., Judge Steele stayed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) fax class action against MasterCard and others where statutory...more

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