In late January, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai reported to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) that the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau had completed an “extensive…

The TCPA--famously the most expansive restriction on constitutionally-protected speech in our nations' history--will soon have its day in court. It is not an overstatement to suggest that that day--April 22,…

Concerned about voice service providers’ “‘potential liability for blocking legitimate calls,’” three trade associations have pressed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a “broad safe harbor that promotes” such…

In Drazen v. Godaddy.com, LLC, CIVIL ACTION: 1:19-00563-KD-B, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29995 (S.D. Ala. Feb. 21, 2020) the Plaintiffs filed an unopposed motion for TCPA class settlement and certification…

Like any good couple, TCPA and CCPA are so different and yet so similar. While Squire's TCPA Team keeps crushing the competition in its zone of influence, nobody knows the…

When National Consumer Law Center ("NCLC") spokesperson Margot Saunders isn't busy ducking my interview requests you might find her testifying before Congress that the robocall epidemic is being caused by…

While you're sinking your teeth into my latest year-end review, here's a quick hitter for you that may be of interest. Just last month we reported on a huge and…

Squire Patton Bogg’s 2019 Year-End TCPA Review is here!!!! As has been my tradition, I start each year with a review of all the TCPA cases that were decided the…

With the ATDS picture slowly taking shape in TCPAWorld the newest (funnest) battle surrounds Article III standing in the context of TCPA violations. In order to assert standing to sue…

So a few of you have reached out and asked for an update to TCPAWorld.com's amazing TCPA ATDS scorecard. We continue to see tons of traffic to our more comprehensive…

It is tough sledding for TCPA Defendants these days in the Ninth Circuit. Even as other Circuit Courts of Appeal begin limiting the scope of the TCPA by ruling that…

In 2017, Flagship Credit Acceptance LLC, was sued by Robert Ward on behalf of a class, for purported TCPA ATDS violations.   They achieved a settlement. The court granted preliminary approval…

MAJOR STANDING RULING AS WELL. On issue of ATDS definition court says: "Unfortunately, the awkward statutory wording, combined with changes in technology, makes" definition "a very difficult question." As TCPAWorld.com…

Here's a rare weekend post for you TCPAWorld. You'll recall that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal recently interpreted the TCPA's ATDS definition narrowly in Glasser, parting ways with the…

In Beal v. Outfield Brew House, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22487, Defendant Brew House moved for summary judgment against Plaintiff's claim that it violated the TCPA’s ATDS provision. Brew House,…

This article ran today as a Law360 "Expert Analysis" piece entitled "High Court May Interpret TCPA Autodial Rules Narrowly." It is re-published here with permission of Law360. The original article…

Imagine opening your mailbox and finding a check for over $550.00 directed to you. No gimmicks. No strings. No catch. $550.00 big ones. Well that’s the experience 750 (lucky?) people…