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EDITOR’S NOTE: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW FAST-PACED AND EXCITING BLOG EXPANDING BEYOND TCPA TO SHOWCASE ITS TREMENDOUS DEPTH IN ISSUES OF FCRA, BIPA, CCPA AND…

EDITOR’S NOTE: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW FAST-PACED AND EXCITING BLOG EXPANDING BEYOND TCPA TO SHOWCASE ITS TREMENDOUS DEPTH IN ISSUES OF FCRA, BIPA, CCPA AND…

  EDITOR’S NOTE: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW FAST-PACED AND EXCITING BLOG EXPANDING BEYOND TCPA TO SHOWCASE ITS TREMENDOUS DEPTH IN ISSUES OF FCRA, BIPA, CCPA…

On Tuesday in McGinity v. USAA Fed. Sav. Bank, No. 5:19-cv-560-BO, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65133 (E.D. N.C. April 14, 2020), a North Carolina district court struck a defendant's mitigation…

EDITOR'S NOTE: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW FAST-PACED AND EXCITING BLOG EXPANDING BEYOND TCPA TO SHOWCASE ITS TREMENDOUS DEPTH IN ISSUES OF FCRA, BIPA, CCPA AND…

Last week, in Ford v. Ushealth Grp., Inc., 3:19-cv-01091, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63040 (M.D. Pa. Apr. 10, 2020), a Pennsylvania district court issued a mixed ruling in a TCPA…

One year ago, Plaintiff Navient - a student loan and collection company - flipped a switch and sued copious plaintiff-lawyers in the case Navient v. Law Offices of Jeffrey Lohman.  Navient…

Five unauthorized texts over three months are not a concrete injury in fact. This justice flourish just cropped up in the Southern District of Florida, and has sharpened TCPAWorld’s contours. …

FCC regulations implementing the TCPA provide that the Emergency Purposes Exception exempts “calls made necessary in any situation affecting the health and safety of consumers.”  On March 20, 2020, the…

Occasional TCPA defense lawyer Joshua Thomas recently received an expensive sanction and public reprimand from a United States District Judge in Pennsylvania.  Without explanation or reason, Mr. Thomas failed to file his clients' corporate…

In re Midland Credit Mgmt., Case No. 11-md-2286-MMA (MDD), 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49091 (S.D. Cal. March 18, 2020) originated in 2011.  A lead class action member and several dozen…

Earlier this week, in Card v. Wells Fargo, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45117 (D. Or. March 16, 2020), relying on Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act, the court deferred ruling on…

In Dressler v. Equifax, Inc. 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8194, the Eleventh Circuit Court reviewed a district court’s decision to dismiss a Pro Se Plaintiff’s third amended complaint.  For the…

Earlier today the Czar brought us with the breaking news that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the Supreme Court’s Bristol-Myers decision does not apply to Rule 23…

New York State's legislation that deems unsolicited telemarketing calls during a state of emergency unlawful, has officially just kicked in. New York's governor Andrew Cuomo, has declared a state of…

While not a Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") case, the DC Circuit’s 2-1 decision today in Molock v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc., No. 18-7162, may impact TCPA class actions.…

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…

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…

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,…

In 2016, a plaintiff filed suit against Subway over a text message for a free sandwich, sent to him by his wireless carrier, T-Mobile.  The text read: “This T-Mobile Tuesday,…

In Derrick Virgne v. C.R. Eng., No. 1:19-cv-02011-SEB-MJD, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14977 (S.D. Ind. Jan. 28, 2020) the Plaintiff alleged he inquired about the Defendant’s services, and then received…