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03.09.18

Second Circuit Takes Sting out of Flu Shot Suit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the Healthcare Exception to the TCPA applied to a case involving a healthcare provider that sent a text message with a flu shot reminder to a patient who provided his cellphone number for “treatment” purposes.


03.09.18

Florida Court: No ATDS, No TCPA Suit

Finding that the telephone system used by the defendant was not an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), a Florida federal court dismissed a putative TCPA class action.


03.09.18

Too Soon to Dismiss TCPA Action, Court Decides

A Connecticut judge denied a motion to dismiss a putative TCPA class action, ruling that whether the faxes at issue were unsolicited remains in dispute.


03.09.18

FTC Addresses Possible Mechanisms to Address Erroneously Blocked Robocalls

As anyone familiar with the TCPA well knows, not all “robocalls” are treated equal—some are allowed, some are not, some are restricted to varying degrees and some are stopped before the phone even rings (i.e., they are blocked by carriers/call providers). 


03.09.18

Consent Revocation a Factual Inquiry Precluding Summary Judgment

A federal judge in the Middle District of Florida denied cross motions for summary judgment in Patterson v. Ally Financial, Inc., holding that whether the plaintiff effectively revoked consent to receive calls “is a fact-sensitive inquiry” precluding summary judgment in favor of either ...


03.09.18

Eleventh Circuit’s Decision on Partial Revocation Stands

The Eleventh Circuit declined to reconsider its decision in Schweitzer v. Comenity Bank, denying the defendant’s motion to rehear the case.


01.24.18

2017 in Review: Significant TCPA Litigation and Regulatory Developments

Undeniably, 2017 was a big year for the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), from the transition of power at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to a slew of cases directly impacting TCPA compliance and litigation.


01.24.18

Clear Evidence of Consent Defeats TCPA Action

Finding “uncontroverted” evidence of consent, a federal district judge from the Eastern District of Michigan granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a TCPA action.


01.24.18

Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Efforts to Expand Discovery Beyond Fax

Prohibiting the plaintiff from broader discovery based on “mere speculation” about the existence of other fax advertisements, a Pennsylvania federal court limited discovery in a putative TCPA class action to the fax received by the plaintiff.


01.24.18

Dinner Invite Fax Could Be an Ad

A three-page fax inviting the recipients to a dinner program could constitute an advertisement and was sufficient to establish standing, an Illinois federal court has ruled in denying a defendant’s motion to dismiss a TCPA suit.