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Despite holding that cellphone users are not “categorically excluded” from the TCPA, a New York federal court granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after determining the complaint failed to allege that the defendant was...more
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) landscape continues to evolve as new legislation is implemented and courts across various jurisdictions grapple with complex issues regarding standing, agency, and consent. This...more
As our readers are by now aware, on June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a legal precedent known as “Chevron deference” by a 6-3 vote. The Court’s opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v....more
In Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, Ltd, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending a text message to her cell phone using an automatic...more
Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a unanimous ruling that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) restrictions on the use of “artificial or prerecorded voices” apply to AI technology that...more
A text message does not qualify as an “artificial or prerecorded voice” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled late this summer. In her TCPA class action,...more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a motion to dismiss a class action for allegations that GrubHub, Inc. violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The plaintiff alleged that she...more
Widening a split among courts that have considered the issue, a North Carolina district court held that a violation of the Do Not Call (DNC) regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) triggered liability under...more
Recent News - FCC to Move Forward on STIR/SHAKEN at September 30 Meeting - On September 9, 2020 the FCC released a draft Second Report and Order for consideration ahead of their open meeting scheduled for September 30,...more
The FCC’s proceedings regarding the definition of the term “automatic telephone dialing system” have been pending since May of 2018 when, shortly after the D.C. Circuit’s opinion in ACA International v. FCC, the Commission...more
- In a departure from the majority view, the 2nd Circuit has held that a texting platform need not have the capacity for random or sequential number generation in order to constitute an an automatic telephone dialing system...more
We now have a split among federal circuits regarding the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which limits automated calls and text messages. What...more
The Eleventh Circuit in Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Co., LLC recently confirmed that the definition of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) is narrow, holding that to qualify a dialer must both have the capacity to...more
In a decision released on February 19 that relied principally on rules of grammar, the Seventh Circuit held that to be an ATDS under the TCPA, a device must be capable of storing or producing telephone numbers using a random...more
In a decision released today, a three judge panel of the Seventh Circuit unanimously joined the growing list of courts to confirm that the “capacity to generate random or sequential numbers is necessary to the statutory...more
My last blog post provided a background of the evolving definition of “automated telephone dialing system” (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and described the FCC’s long-running effort to expand the...more
On January 27, 2020, an Eleventh Circuit panel released a landmark ruling in Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC. The key issue in the case was how to interpret ambiguous language in the Telephone Consumer...more
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA” or the “Act”) has limited telephone calls that can be placed using certain automated equipment since 1991. However, since passage of the Act there has been considerable debate...more
It can fairly be said that the statutory definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS”) has generated far more questions than answers—for courts and litigants alike. This is especially true in the wake of ACA...more
New communications technologies are being adopted at a rapid pace by industry. This has led to the emergence of legal questions over whether this new technology is regulated by the TCPA. One such question, which has seen...more
The Northern District of Illinois recently entered summary judgment against a group of plaintiffs because it found the system at issue was not an ATDS. In Smith v. Premier Dermatology, No. 17-3712, 2019 WL 4261245 (N.D....more
The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a summary judgment granted in favor of Verizon, by concluding that a “hybrid” telephone number using both VoIP and voice wireless services must be considered “assigned to a…...more
Last week, the Northern District of Texas gave us our first case out of the Fifth Circuit addressing the definition of an ATDS in the post-ACA International era. In Adams v. Safe Home Security, Inc. No. 3:18-CV-03098-M,...more
In Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 2018), cert. dismissed, 139 S. Ct. 1289 (2019), the Ninth Circuit adopted an expansive definition of an ATDS that includes devices that dial from a stored list of...more
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