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Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 12 – Telemarketing and Texting

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Listen to Episode 12 of our podcast, the Ad Law Tool Kit Show. In this episode, partner Ari Rothman talks to host Shahin Rothermel about telemarketing and texting. Check out the episode....more

Carlton Fields

Supreme Court to Settle Circuit Split on TCPA Autodialer Prohibitions

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In our April issue, we covered the beginnings of a circuit split over the extent to which the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits advertisers and other advertising campaigns from using automated dialing...more

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Client Alert: The Future of Text Message Marketing

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As Americans increasingly rely on text messages to communicate on a daily basis, marketers have taken note, and text advertising and marketing is increasingly common.  Indeed, text messages have a read rate of about 98%, and...more

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Ninth Circuit decision on TCPA autodialer definition settles: what does it mean?

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In September 2018, in Marks v. San Diego Crunch, a unanimous Ninth Circuit three-judge panel held that the TCPA’s definition of an automatic dialing system (ATDS) includes telephone equipment that can automatically dial phone...more

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TCPA Roundup: A Week of Blockbuster News from the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit, the FCC, and a Few District Courts

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If you follow daily TCPA news like we do, your head is probably spinning from this week’s developments. We normally digest TCPA developments for our readers in a monthly e-newsletter....more

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SCOTUS Decision in Unsolicited Fax Case Could Have Broader TCPA Implications

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The U.S. Supreme Court's grant this week of the petition for certiorari in a case involving the Telephone Communication Protection Act (TCPA) prohibition on unsolicited fax advertisements could have significant implications...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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A Primary Jurisdiction Nightcap: Primary Jurisdiction Also Applies to Fact-Specific Statutory Interpretation

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As you all know, the primary jurisdiction doctrine and its importance as a defendant’s potentially crucial companion on a journey through TCPAland has been covered here before, but that importance was again on full display in...more

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A Bridge to Somewhere: Primary Jurisdiction Doctrine Applicable in TCPA Fax Cases and ATDS Suits Alike

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The primary jurisdiction doctrine Eric wrote about a mere few weeks ago was on full display in a recent ruling granting a motion to stay in a junk-fax TCPA class action. In Scoma Chiropractic, P.A., et al v. Dental...more

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TCPA FCC Petitions Tracker

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Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more

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TCPA Connect - June 2016

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Lyft Swerves to Avoid TCPA Claim, But Suit Continues - A Washington federal court issued a mixed decision for Telephone Consumer Protection Act defendant Lyft recently by allowing the suit to move forward on state law...more

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Hold the Phone! Obtaining Prior Consent under the TCPA Before Calling/Texting/Faxing Consumers

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) impacts any business that contacts consumers by phone, text or fax. Among other things, it limits the ability to place calls and send texts to consumers using an automatic...more

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TCPA: New Ruling May Invalidate Your Existing Consumer Consents

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Much has been written about the Federal Communication Commission's ("FCC's") recent 138-page Declaratory Ruling and Order that broadened the scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") and will likely encourage...more

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Impending Declaratory Ruling on Pending FCC TCPA Petitions Portends Stricter Enforcement

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which generally prohibits certain calls to cell phones made with an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS), has created considerable compliance challenges for businesses, and...more

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