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Opt-In Texts Violated the TCPA, Arizona Court Rules

An Arizona federal court determined that opt-in texts could violate the TCPA in a new decision. Although Monica Abboud registered her phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry, she alleged that she received...more

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FCC Continues to Roll Out TCPA Changes and Interpretations

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On February 16, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission released a Report and Order establishing significant new standards regulating Telephone Consumer Protection Act consent and revocation of consent. In recent weeks,...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — Two Courts Agree With Defendant’s Challenges to Imprecise TCPA Class...

Although most courts will punt on a motion to strike a class definition at the pleading stage, two recent rulings reveal that such motions can succeed. In Sowders v. Scratch Financial, Inc., No. 23-0056, 2023 WL...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

One Business Day After ‘STOP’ Text Not Enough For Suit

A text sent one business day after a plaintiff requested a halt to text messages was not enough to move a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) suit forward, a Florida federal court determined....more

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FCC’S Year-End TCPA Orders Place New Limitations on Automated & Prerecorded Calls

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Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology sector clients — and any company that places non-marketing calls or text communications to customers by automated means — should pay close attention to two new FCC orders from...more

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FCC Issues Declaratory Ruling and Order in Anthem, Inc.

On July 25, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Declaratory Ruling and Order in response to a 2015 petition by Anthem, Inc, a provider of health insurance (Anthem). Anthem requested that...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Central District of California Grants Motion for Summary Judgment After Finding That Plaintiff Failed to Revoke Prior Express...

The Central District of California recently granted summary judgment to the defendant on a TCPA claim in Mendoza v. Allied Interstate LLC, SACV 17-885 JVS (KESx), 2019 WL 5616961 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 22, 2019), finding that the...more

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FCC seeks comment on petition requesting ruling on TCPA’s application to opt-out confirmation text messages

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The FCC has issued a notice announcing that it is seeking comment on a petition filed by Capital One Services, LLC (Capital One) that asks the FCC to issue a declaratory ruling to confirm that the recipient of an opt-out...more

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Avoiding the Costly “Robo No-No”

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) was enacted to protect consumers from intrusive robocalls, but Congress probably did not foresee that it would result in a windfall for plaintiff’s lawyers. Virtually every...more

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FCC Closes Loopholes and Expands Telephone Consumer Protection Act “TCPA” Consumer Protections in Declaratory Ruling and Order

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On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) Declaratory Ruling and Order (“TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order” or “Order”) offering...more

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TCPA News: Businesses May be Liable to New Owners of Previously-Opted-In Mobile Numbers

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On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission issued a 138-page Declaratory Ruling and Order approving nearly two dozen proposals to the rules and regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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Cyberclaim Coverage Denied: The TCPA Protects Privacy, Not Personally Identifiable Information

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In Doctors Direct Ins., Inc. v. Beaute’ E’mergente, LLC, No. 1-14-2919 (Ill. App. Ct. June 22, 2015), an Illinois state appellate court recently affirmed that a medical malpractice liability insurer did not owe a duty to...more

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