HERE’S THE SCHEDULE: When will the BIG TCPA ATDS SCOTUS Review in Facebook Come Out? The Timetable is Right Here.

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All right so it has only been a couple hours since the HUGE news that the Supreme Court is accepting the Facebook petition and will be reviewing the TCPA’s ATDS definition and I have already fielded about 10,000 questions. (Love you too TCPAWorld.)

The thing folks most seem to want to know is the timetable for the ruling. Well here you go.

The review in Facebook v. Duguid will be part of the Supreme Court’s October, 2020 term.

  • Facebook’s Opening Brief will be due ~August 14, 2020.
  • Amicus support–hint hint–will be due ~ August 21, 2020.
  • Argument will likely be set in January, 2021 (but it hasn’t been set yet so we don’t know)
  • Ruling is likely for May, 2021 (but again we don’t know that for sure yet either.)

Special thanks to the Squire Patton Boggs Appellate and Supreme Court team for running this timetable down for me so quickly. (BTW- remember when Squire’s Ben Beaton was dead on about the result in Barr? That guy knows his stuff.)

Get those motions to stay filed folks. If you have questions give me a call. (Everyone else is–ha.)

And please move in a quick and orderly manner to register for the big webinar next Tuesday. No pushing or shoving. Thanks friends.

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The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 70 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.