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Category: Class Actions

Class Actions…

Beware Doe Defendants: Plaintiff Champion Wins Ex Parte Motion for Discovery to Subpoena Phone Carriers, Sellers, Brokers and more!

7 Nov 2022
TCPA World, Countess here sharing an interesting case out of the District Court of D.C.  The Court granted Plaintiff's expedited discovery request "finding that it is relevant to Plaintiff's claims and for some…
Class Actions

TURNABOUT: TCPA Defendant Recovers Damages (Fees) Against Plaintiff That Created His Own Lawsuit—But It Could have Been Worse

1 Nov 20222 Nov 2022
Good morning TCPAWorld! Back in 2019, the Czar wrote about this class action complaint (link) filed by Gino D’Ottavio (Gino) in May of 2018 against Slack Technologies (Slack) alleging violations…
Class Actions…

NEW CASE OPENS FRAUD CLAIMS AGAINST FAKE LEAD SUBMITTERS

6 Sep 20227 Sep 2022
Sellers that rely on third-party lead suppliers are frequently facing trumped up lawsuits that are either entirely manufactured—or enhanced—by deceptive conduct by a Plaintiff (often a repeat litigator.) Well, the…
Class Actions

MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEMAND IN NEW YORK TCPA SUIT: Lumico Life Insurance Hit With A Big One

11 Aug 202211 Aug 2022
Good morning TCPA World, it's been almost a week since I gave you guys a blog so I figured I would give a brief run down on a new TCPA…
Class Actions

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS PULLS THE RUG OUT OF TCPA SETTLEMENT

27 Jul 202211 Aug 2022
Good afternoon TCPA World. For those of you that read my last post, you know that I have been on the hunt for an interesting/juicy TCPA case. Well, today it…
Class Actions

FTSA FLOOD CONTINUES: Shutterfly Sued for Alleged Auto-Generated Texts

11 Jul 2022
How's it going TCPA World, Count Kay here wishing you all a happy Monday! Today we have another class-action under the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA) to discuss - SHOCKER!…
Class Actions…

What?  No Sampling!?

15 Dec 2021
Oof. Another defendant hit with an order compelling it to produce a HUGE amount of data. Such is the sad state of affairs as delineated in Bustillos v. W. Covina…
Class Actions…

TCPA QUICK HITTER: Another Federal Court Stays Discovery While Dispositive Motions are Pending

21 Sep 2021
One more federal court has come out against proceeding with expensive and potentially unnecessary class discovery pending the resolution of dispositive motions. The facts are straightforward: In Silva v. Connected…
Class Actions…

BAIS YAAKOV IS BACK, BABY! AND IT BRINGS GIFTS: First Circuit determines a fail-safe class is uncertifiable.

12 Sep 2021
That’s right – Bais Yaakov is back, baby!  And it’s brought gifts. You might recall Bais Yaakov – the private high school we’ve previously blogged about on more than a…
Class Actions

Motion to Dismiss DENIED! Cell Phones Can Be Residential Numbers for DNC Claims

31 Aug 202131 Aug 2021
Facing a TCPA class action, it is tempting to try anything and everything to defeat the case on the pleadings. And, of course, there are sometimes ways to do so.…
Class Actions…

TCPAWorld’s Own Dr. Evil?: Inventor of TCPA Lawsuit Manufacturing App Gathers Massive Amounts of Data Scraped from Porch Website—Now Claims Company Owes Plaintiffs $10 Billion Dollars

20 Aug 202123 Aug 2021
Editor's Note: Sara is the newest member of the powerful TCPAWorld team. Licensed in three states and with a decade of complex litigation experience under her belt our new Marcioness…
ATDS/Predictive Dialer Cases…

A Win and a Loss (but Mostly a Win!) Court Grants Motion to Dismiss on Vicarious Liability Theory

18 Aug 202118 Aug 2021
Earlier this week, a court in New Jersey handed green energy company, Suntuity, a win and a loss on its motion to dismiss. The case is about a putative nationwide…
ATDS/Predictive Dialer Cases…

CRUISING TO A WIN: Another Court Rejects FN7 Argument—Dismisses TCPA Complaint at the Pleadings Stage in Marketing Suit

16 Aug 202118 Aug 2021
Editor's Note: Big welcome to Sam--another tremendous addition to our powerful team! Be sure to check out the Facebook Ruling Resource Page for an up to date case list of post-Facebook…
Class Actions…

Trouble for TCPA Plaintiffs in Baton Rouge–Court Denies Class Certification, Twice!

29 Jun 2021
There are some useful takeaways for class action litigators from a recent decision out of the Middle District of Louisiana. Taylor Carroll Sgs Auto. Servs., CIVIL ACTION 16-537-SDD-RLB, 2021 U.S.…
Class Actions

Plaintiff Cannot Dodge Arbitration Agreement Where He Used Credit Card After Receiving Terms

22 Jun 202122 Jun 2021
Enforcing an arbitration clause is not always easy. For instance, a court recently denied defendant's motion to compel arbitration where the plaintiff swore he never visited the defendant's website. While the…
Class Actions…

Stunning Decision from West Virginia: Common Carriers Can Be Liable for TCPA Violations on Their Network

3 May 20215 May 2021
Platforms, carriers, and anyone else worried about TCPA liability should pay close attention to a recent decision out of West Virginia.  Daina Mey sued several common carriers--including CenturyLink and Level…
Class Actions

No Coverage for Common Law Claims “Arising Out Of” Alleged TCPA Violations

26 Apr 2021
TCPA lawsuits are expensive. So when Colorado company Mesa Laboratories, Inc. faced a class action for its unsolicited faxes promoting dental-industry-related services, it turned to its insurance company for coverage.…
Class Actions

Court Dismisses Nationwide TCPA Class Action as Not Plausible–Even with Defendants Facing Wire Fraud Charges for Millions of RoboCalls!

12 Apr 2021
A plaintiff must allege his injury with some plausibility to move forward with TCPA claims, even for claims against a TCPA scofflaw.  That is the lesson from a recent opinion…
Class Actions

Court Stays Within the Four Corners–No Dismissal Despite Compelling Evidence of Consent

5 Apr 2021
As law students learn during their first civil procedure course, courts generally take factual allegations "as true."  This gives the plaintiff "a full opportunity to conduct discovery and thereby uncover…
Class Actions…

Junk Fax Class Action Survives Dismissal–Leaves Critical First Amendment Issues for Another Day

15 Mar 202115 Mar 2021
Sometimes what the Court does not address is the most interesting issue in an opinion.  That's the case we are covering today.  Scoma v. National Spine & Pain Centers, LLC,…
ATDS/Human Intervention…

A Pyrrhic Victory? D. Mass Adopts Marks And Holds A Text Is A Call

12 Mar 202112 Mar 2021
In what could be a very short-lived victory for the plaintiff, the District of Massachusetts just adopted the Marks ATDS formulation and held that a text is a call. See…
Class Actions…

Pharmacy Obtains Dismissal of TCPA Class Under Emergency Exception For Communicating COVID-19 Procedures

8 Mar 202115 Mar 2021
The TCPA does not prohibit all calls or texts.  Among other exceptions, it carves out calls or texts made for an emergency purpose.  The FCC has determined that Congress intended…
Class Actions

Venue Matters: California Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Attempt To Manufacture Venue And Dismisses Action Outright

8 Mar 20218 Mar 2021
In class action litigation – particularly TCPA class actions – procedural fights can be more important than substantive merits. And a recent decision from the Eastern District of California highlighted…
ATDS/Predictive Dialer Cases…

Partial Win for Company Facing Nationwide ATDS Class Action: Court cannot Exercise Personal Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Named Plaintiffs, but Arbitration Clause “Unconscionable” and ATDS Allegations Sufficient

2 Mar 2021
Facing a nationwide TCPA class action for calls allegedly made using an ATDS, DirecTV sought partial dismissal on multiple grounds:  (1) the lack of personal jurisdiction over certain named plaintiffs;…
ATDS/Human Intervention…

Out With The Old, In With The New: Archduke’s 2021 TCPA Predictions

4 Jan 20215 Jan 2021
Welcome to 2021, TCPAWorld. May it be slightly less terrible than 2020. And on that note, here are my predictions for the TCPA and calling regulations in 2021. 1) Increase…
Class Actions

Michigan Court Refuses to Dismiss Fax Case on Pleadings Despite Agreeing that Fax Did not Describe Anything “Bought or Sold”

2 Dec 2020
The TCPA only prohibits "advertisements" sent using a fax machine.  So if a fax is not an advertisement, there is no liability. Simple, right? Not always.  In a nuanced and…
Class Actions

No Double Recovery by Class Members: Revocation Class Stricken as Duplicative of No Consent Class

29 Oct 202029 Oct 2020
As abusive as the TCPA’s statutory damages of $500-$1,500.00 per call, some courts struggle with whether that recovery should be even higher. It is not uncommon for Plaintiffs to look…
Class Actions…

Ignoring TCPA Class Action is a BAD Strategy

6 Oct 20206 Oct 2020
We get it. TCPA class actions cause headaches, or worse. Courts agree. The Eleventh Circuit recently described the in terrorem character of the TCPA class action, observing the "pressure to…
Class Actions

Despite Agreement, No Arbitration! Hawaii District Court Declines to Enforce Arbitration Clause Against Non-Party Debt Collector

9 Sep 2020
For nearly a century, federal law has favored arbitration where the parties agree to it. This rule typically extends to a "nonsignatory" who does not sign the contract but who…
Class Actions

“Threadbare Allegations” not Enough to Prosecute a TCPA Claim

1 Sep 2020
Pleading a TCPA claim is usually not the tricky part for a plaintiff, and courts normally do not dismiss TCPA lawsuits on the pleadings alone. But a recent decision provides…
ATDS/Predictive Dialer Cases…

Missed Marks: Court Transfers Carpet Bagging TCPA Class for Improper Attempt to Bend Venue Rules to Take Advantage of 9th Circuit Case Law

26 May 202028 May 2020
As TCPAWorld is well aware, the 9th Circuit’s Marks decision broadly defines what constitutes an ATDS under the TCPA. And, of course, this decision has led plaintiffs to seek out…
Class Actions…

“Be Sure to Order it”: PETA and Beyond Meat Embroiled in New Multi-Million Dollar TCPA Class Action For Robotexts Pushing Fake Meat

19 Mar 202022 Mar 2020
While TCPA filings are slowing down a bit—like everything else lately—the rules governing telemarketing text messages have not softened an ounce. Mass blast marketing messages remain subject to the TCPA—at…
Class Actions

When In Doubt, Wait for Clarity: Another Court Stays a TCPA Case Pending Supreme Court’s Review of Constitutionality of TCPA

26 Feb 202027 Feb 2020
As the Czar just explained yesterday, the big SCOTUS TCPA review is likely to have profound impact on the scope of the TCPA--and possibly our freedom to speak more broadly. Following…
Class Actions…

Up in Smoke: TCPA Class Action against Cannabis Delivery Company Wacked on Numerosity Grounds

29 Jan 202031 Jan 2020
Sometimes worlds collide. Indeed, these days, the Controlled Substances Act is not the only federal law that may hound cannabis pioneers. Rather, TCPAWorld continues to butt heads with the growing…
ATDS/Human Intervention…

Radio Clash: Czar Joins NPR’s “On Point” Live Christmas Eve at 10 AM Eastern/7 AM Pacific

23 Dec 201922 Mar 2020
For those of you looking for entertainment on your holiday drive, look no further than NPR's live call-in show, "On Point," at 10 AM Eastern/7 AM Pacific. The Czar will…
Class Actions

Seeking Court’s Approval of Class Settlement? Try Again!

12 Dec 2019
After an initial failure to obtain court’s preliminary approval of class settlement in a total sum of six million dollars, the parties filed another motion seeking approval of settlement in…

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