Last year, in Salcedo v Hanna, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled that receipt of a single unsolicited text message did not establish a “concrete…

As we reported yesterday, the Supreme Court has accepted cert. on a petition brought by Facebook to resolve an ongoing circuit split over the proper application of the Telephone Consumer…

Well folks this was supposed to be the big news of the day, but it was entirely overshadowed by the huge news that Facebook's cert. petition to the Supremes was…

This is just incredible. You might recall from my favorite blog of 2019, that my former firm was sued because my former counsel wrote a TCPA article on my former…

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…

Well folks, the news just broke a few minutes ago that Facebook's critical petition seeking Supreme Court review of the TCPA's ATDS definition was GRANTED. This means that the TCPA…

Well folks, I assume I made all the difference here. As we've been reporting, there is a massive and ongoing split between the Circuit Courts as to the proper definition…

I know we've had a ton of recent traffic--approaching 250k hits--and a large number of new followers have joined us so I thought I'd take a few minutes to introduce…

Let’s take a quick break from our continuing coverage of the Barr decision to discuss a new case reminding us that the details always matter in litigation. Indeed, it always…

Well the big Supreme Court ruling came out yesterday and we already covered it with a huge webinar out today because.. that's how we roll. Thanks to everyone who watched…

Isn’t it ironic?  In Barr, the Supreme Court held the 2015 government-backed debt exemption unconstitutional, yet in footnote 1 of the decision the Court emphasized that “[t]he robocall restriction applies…

Guys, I'm honored. Really. The day following the big SCOTUS ruling crushing the hopes of TCPA defendants and Free Speech advocate alike, Facebook has filed another high-powered brief in support…

This last weekend our nation celebrated--if that word can rightly be used given the current turmoil-- its Independence Day. First among the freedoms we hold dear is the right to…

Editor's Note: This is a live feed that I will update repeatedly as I review the decision. Earliest posts at the bottom. A link to the case is at the…

Ever since the Squire Patton Boggs TCPA defense team earned the first stay in the nation, there have been innumerable motions filed in TCPA cases asking district courts to pause …

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken the next step in the implementation of the reassigned numbers database that it approved in December of 2018. The database “allow callers to determine…

The TCPAWorld continues on pins and needles awaiting the Supreme Court's ultimate determination on the fate of the TCPA. The big appeal in Barr v. AAPC will determine whether the TCPA is…

Well I lost the pool. Ha! We were on high alert today anticipating the big SCOTUS TCPA ruling but it did not come. Notably, the Supreme Court has now ruled…

A ruling in Barr is expected any day now.  Meanwhile, defendants continue to notch meaningful wins against poorly plead TCPA claims. Last week in Kline v. Advanced Insurance Underwriters, LLP, the…

Per the Federal Register of June 26, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules implementing Section 3 of the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act will take effect on July 27, 2020 (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-06-26/pdf/2020-11252.pdf).…

So no TCPA ruling today from SCOTUS, but check this out: In 2017, the CFPB issued a civil investigative demand to Seila Law LLC, a California-based law firm that provides…

As we've been covering for a while now the FCC and FTC are cracking down on COVID related scam calls.These actions follow on the heels of recent DOJ action against…

Its official-- the legal marijuana crowd has a TCPA problem. One of the perks of reviewing every TCPA case across the country on a daily basis is that it enables…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), acting through its Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) has rejected a request to exempt certain health care related calls from the prior express consent…

Lots of action today. Hopefully you’re all taking note of the FCC’s big rulings. In other news, a Court in Texas held this week that a single lawyer can represent…

A couple of big rulings from the FCC yesterday. The first pertains to text messages with the FCC granting P2P Alliance's petition concerning automated text message platforms. The FCC holds…

No Supreme Court ruling today folks. We'll continue to keep an eye out for you. Still about five cases likely to be decided ahead of Barr but Monday (29th) would be…

We are literally days (hours?) away from a huge SCOTUS ruling on the TCPA and some district courts are yet refusing to await the big decision. Interestingly--and despite the Czar…

For those of you keeping track at home—that’s all of you—here’s a current rundown of TCPA ATDS decisions at the Circuit Court level for you. (As always, the trusted TCPAWorld…

Plaintiff filed an unopposed motion for final approval for the class action settlement in Larson v. Harman-Management Corp., , No. 1:16-cv-00219-DAD-SKO, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107938 (E.D. Cal. June 18,…

As we repeated not long ago, the Court in Gurzi v. Penn Credit, Corp., Case No: 6:19-cv-823-Orl-31EJK, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107402 (M.D. Fl. June 18, 2020) rejected a defendant’s…

Well folks another opinion day has come and gone at the US Supreme Court with no ruling yet on the big Barr v. AAPC challenge to the TCPA. Traditionally the…

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has declined a chance to revisit its 2018 decision in Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC that an automatic telephone…