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Evidence Preservation is Not Optional: Repeat TCPA Plaintiffs Score Big Sanctions Win Against Marketer Using a “Sever in India” to Store Call Records

TCPA class actions have a lot of moving parts and there a number of things that a Defendant must keep…

24Jan 202024 Jan 2020

No Looking Back: TCPA Cases Continue to Pour In as Uncertainty Surrounding Supreme Court Review Looms

We’ve counted over 50 new federal TCPA filings this week–most of them class actions–even in the shadow of the Supreme…

Happy Lunar New Year: Court Can’t Hold Mr. CEO Individually Liable for TCPA Violation Merely Because He Is the Mr. CEO

On this last day of the lunar year of 2019, I am sharing a recent case here, part of which may be favorable for some of you, if you are…

How Cool is This?: Squire Patton Boggs Has a Milan, Italy Office Now

TCPAWorld just got a whole lot more stylish. I don't usually brag about my firm--it does lots of great stuff other than TCPA but none of you want to read…

Threat to an Entire Industry? Major Lead Providers Unable to Enforce Website Terms— Stuck in TCPA Class Action After Plaintiff Denies Providing Lead on Website

23 Jan 202024 Jan 2020

Boy is this timely. Just this Tuesday the TCPAWorld.com team was on the big stage at Lead Generation World warning lead aggregators of a massive threat to their industry—a new…

[PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE!] “WE ARE LOOKING AT LAWS TO PASS TO PUT A STOP TO TELEMARKETING”: Straight Shooting Colorado State Senator Jeff Bridges Joins Unprecedented Podcast–ON STAGE AT LGW- And Tells it Like It Is

22 Jan 202024 Jan 2020

If you missed yesterday's incredible ON STAGE podcast production with the cast of Squire Patton Bogg's Unprecedented podcast being joined by Colorado State Senator Jeff Bridges at Lead Generation World-- holy smokes…

FCC CONSUMER ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER CALL BLOCKING INFO RECOMMENDATION

22 Jan 202022 Jan 2020

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) continues its focus on call blocking and the tools to accomplish such barriers. In a Public Notice released yesterday, the agency announced that its Consumer…

TCPA Quick Hitter: Court denies request to bifurcate discovery and compels class-wide discovery.

We’ve said it hundreds of times now—it is absolutely crucial to keep failsafe class definitions and overly broad classes from getting past the pleadings stage in TCPA class actions. A…

Worlds Collide: TCPAWorld Meets Lead Generation World [WITH VIDEO!]

20 Jan 202022 Jan 2020

Doesn't get any better than this! The TCPAWorld.com team is here in force at the big event. Here's the big stage tomorrow. This'll be a blast. Ready to crush LGW.…

Big Win: Class Certification and Discovery Preempted

As you may know, you can affirmatively move to deny class certification—you don't need to wait to respond to a Plaintiff’s certification motion. Not a common tool, but we love…

Officer/Director Liability…

28 Days Later: Corporate Officer Faces Personal Liability for TCPA Suit For Failing to Stop Calls Less than a Month After Earlier Suit

16 Jan 202021 Jan 2020

Here we go again. A few weeks back we reported on the plight of a CEO who was personally added to a TCPA lawsuit for trying to help his company…

Another TCPA Fax Class Certified

Well this feels ancient. Both because this case is about fax machines, and this was decided pre-SCOTUS agreeing to review the TCPA. Another TCPA fax class was certified in Retina…

The Price of Trust?: Plaintiff’s Lawyer Personally Sues Big Lead Generator in TCPA Class Action—Contends Leads Were Systemically Cooked Up

15 Jan 202021 Jan 2020

Following McCurley the biggest trend in new TCPA suits are class actions against lead purchasers contending that lead aggregators falsified leads. The theories behind these new suits vary. Some suits…

Illinois District Court Grants Summary Judgment For Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

15 Jan 202015 Jan 2020

In an Illinois district court, one Illinois, and another New Jersey resident filed a TCPA class action against IDT Energy, Inc. in Mackey v. IDT Energy, seeking to represent two…

Another Case Holding Random or Sequential Number Generation Is Required For An ATDS under the TCPA

14 Jan 202015 Jan 2020

While the world is all watching curiously to see whether the SCOTUS will swing the axe this time at the TCPA's content-specific exemption, a decision yesterday by the Middle District…

Timing is Everything: Here is the Timetable for the Big SCOTUS TCPA Review and the TRACED Act Roll Out

14 Jan 202015 Jan 2020

The bi-partisan TRACED Act became law last year December 30, 2019, in a pre-SCOTUS’ TCPA review world. The TRACED Act makes various changes to the TCPA primarily to enhance enforcement,…

REPUBLISHED: Phoney Lawsuits: Prolific TCPA filer faces RICO claims over alleged lawsuit-generating scheme

14 Jan 202015 Jan 2020

Editor's Note: TCPAWorld.com will occasionally re-publish pieces that may be of interest to our readers. The facts in this story have not been independently verified by TCPAWorld.com. This piece is…

UPDATED: WE WON! LexBlog Excellence Award Confirms It: No One Breaks the News Like TCPAWorld.com

13 Jan 202014 Jan 2020

A big congratulations to TCPAWorld.com's Archduke of the Realm--Daniel Delnero--who just won a coveted LexBlog Excellence Award-- Best Breaking News Post of the year. Holy smokes--what an honor! I cannot think…

First Amendment…

Overreaction Monday (TCPA Edition): The TCPA is Definitely a Goner Now that SCOTUS is Reviewing the Statute–And All My Other Top Predictions

13 Jan 202014 Jan 2020

Ok my phone has been ringing off the hook since SCOTUS granted cert to review the TCPA on Friday. So let me share some thoughts more efficiently here. Yes the…

U.S. Supreme Court to Review TCPA: Here Are All Of the Czar’s First Amendment Articles In One Place

11 Jan 202013 Jan 2020

As one of the leading constitutional law scholars in the nation *cough* I have written repeatedly on the subject of the First Amendment dimensions of the TCPA. As Sara just…

BREAKING TCPA News- It’s Happening! U.S. Supreme Court to Review TCPA on First Amendment Grounds

10 Jan 202011 Jan 2020

I've been predicting this for years- and now it is happening. The Supreme Court today announced it would accept cert of a petition asking it to review the constitutionality of…

TGIF: SCOTUS Grants Petition to Review Constitutionality of TCPA Provision

10 Jan 202013 Jan 2020

This came in while I was mixing two bags of different flavored tea together in making my afternoon treat (yes, and why not? It’s a Friday afternoon). And I almost…

Telemarketing…

We’re Catching On!: Second Court Holds Wrong Number Caller Can Rely on Previous Subscriber’s Consent

10 Jan 202011 Jan 2020

It is probably the second most frustrating rule in TCPAWorld (behind officer liability): a caller trying to call a customer can be held strictly liable to a new subscriber when…

$2,400,000 TCPA Settlement Granted Final Approval, $92 to Each Class Member

In 2015, Plaintiff Saber Ahmed filed a class action against HSBC Bank USA, N.A. for violations of the TCPA. In 2017, another Plaintiff, John Monteleone, joined and a First Amended…

CONFIRMED: Colorado State Senator Jeff Bridges to Join Unprecedented Podcast LIVE on Stage at Lead Generation World in Two Weeks!

7 Jan 202010 Jan 2020

Well this is going to be fun. There have been rumors floating around but yes, it is true Colorado State Senator Jeff Bridges (D.) will be joining the Unprecedented podcast team…

District Court Stays Action Pending FCC and 11th Circuit Rulings

6 Jan 20207 Jan 2020

For a case that “turns in part on what constitutes an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) under the TCPA” “to conserve the parties’ and judicial resources” the Honorable Judge Cecilia…

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