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09.23.22

First FTSA Class Action Settlement Seeks Approval

What is believed to be the first settlement under Florida’s mini-Telephone Consumer Protection Act law is seeking judicial approval for a payout of more than $2.5 million.


09.23.22

Texas Court Finds Private Right of Action for Do Not Call Violation

A federal court in Texas allowed a plaintiff to bring a claim for a defendant’s failure to maintain a do not call list, joining a growing number of jurisdictions to recognize a private right of action for such a claim under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.


09.23.22

Michigan Considers Mini-TCPA Law

Following in the footsteps of Florida, Oklahoma and Washington, Michigan is considering its own state analogue of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.


05.26.22

Lack of Patient-Provider Relationship Dooms Health Care Exemption

Ruling on the health care exemption in the context of phone calls from an eye care provider, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois recently held that a plaintiff’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit survived a motion to dismiss due to a lack of an established ...


05.26.22

Single RVM Insufficient to Establish Standing for TCPA Suit

Does the receipt of a single ringless voicemail create federal Article III standing for a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit?  


12.17.21

Reassigned Number Database Up and Running

It’s official: The Federal Communications Commission’s reassigned number database, which will hopefully minimize claims brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, is up and running after several years in the making.


12.17.21

NY State, Federal Legislation Targets Spoofing

In legislative news, New York enacted two new telemarketing-related laws while Congress is considering a measure that would double the penalties for illegal caller ID spoofing.


12.17.21

FTC Reports on National DNC Registry

The Federal Trade Commission reported on the National Do Not Call Registry statistics for Fiscal Year 2021, along with data on consumer complaints about unwanted telemarketing calls.  


10.27.21

Post-Barr, Sixth Circuit Says Debt Collectors Can Be Liable

The U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit ruled that the U.S. Constitution displaced the government-backed debt exception from the start.


10.27.21

Seventh Circuit Moves Vicarious Liability Claims Forward

Reversing dismissal, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit found that a plaintiff had sufficiently pled allegations of vicarious liability to keep his TCPA suit alive.