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ATDS/Predictive Dialer Cases…

FLORIDA IS CALLING: When a Click, a Pause, and a Lead-Gen Chain Ring in TCPA Exposure

19 Feb 2026
Greetings TCPAWorld! Did someone say Florida is in the house? This one out of the Southern District of Florida has a little bit of everything. A predictive dialer dispute, a…
ATDS/Human Intervention…

RINGING UP TROUBLE: Auto Lender’s Voicemail Opens the Door to TCPA Class Claims

6 Feb 2026
Greetings TCPAWorld! Happy Friday! Here's a tip for auto lenders: if you're going to use prerecorded voicemails to chase down payments, you might want to make sure you're actually calling…
ATDS/Human Intervention…

TALK TO A HUMAN OR PAY THE PRICE: Congress Proposes Call Center Bill Mandating AI and Location Disclosures

4 Aug 2025
Greetings TCPAWorld! Happy Monday! If you’ve ever been stuck shouting "representative or agent" or pressing zero repeatedly into the void of an automated system, this one’s for you. So without…
ATDS/Human Intervention…

SYSTEM REBOOT ON AUTODIALERS?: McLaughlin and the Future of TCPA Statutory Interpretation

24 Jun 2025
Greetings TCPAWorld! When you thought you’d seen it all… think again. Here at TCPAWorld, we are the first in everything. The Supreme Court dropped another surprise that's about to turn…
ATDS/Predictive Dialer Cases…

TALK IS CHEAP: Summary Judgment Isn’t Interested in Rumors

13 May 2025
Greetings TCPAWorld! I’m back with the latest. Let’s talk about a name-dropper’s worst nightmare. The Southern District of Ohio has ruled a significant win for TCPA defendants in a recent…
ATDS/Predictive Dialer Cases…

YOU CAN’T JUST CALL IT A TCPA VIOLATION: The Court Needs Proof, Not a Vague Complaint!

29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025
Greetings TCPAWorld! I’m back with another case update—this time, it’s all about relentless robocalls, a wrong number, and a lawsuit that didn’t go as planned! Few things are more annoying…
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How Crazy Can This World Be?: Ninth Circuit Defendant Cannot Escape TCPA Liability When the Called Party Is Not the Intended Party

3 Jun 20204 Jun 2020
Wow, another big day for the TCPAWorld in the Ninth Circuit, as the appellate court, on top of the confirmation of the broad ATDS definition in Marks, held that the…
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Another Motion to Dismiss Denied: ATDS Allegations For Unwanted Text Messages Sufficient at Pleading Stage

31 Mar 2020
A text message is considered a call under the TCPA. And to state a valid TCPA claim, the plaintiff must show that the equipment or system used to send the…
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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…
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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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She Can Infer ATDS Claims, But Her FDCPA-Name Claim Fell Short

6 Jan 2020
A TCPA claim for an ATDS violation cannot be a bare conclusion.  On the other hand, you don't need to plead specific technical detail. Rather, a plaintiff only needs to…
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If You Don’t Answer, You Lose

2 Jan 202022 Mar 2020
My colleague recently covered a serial TCPA plaintiff who won a sizable judgment after the Defendant failed to respond to his Motion for Summary Judgment.  Along the same lines, in…
Class Actions

Class Members Thought They Would Get $900, but End Up With $22

15 Nov 201919 Dec 2019
Imagine expecting to receive a $900.00 settlement payday only to walk away with a check for 22 bucks!  That’s what happened in Charvat v. Valente, No. 12-cv-05746, 2019 U.S. Dist.…
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Refresher on TCPA Liability for Calls to Cell Phones: 1) The DNCR Provision Only Prohibits Calls to Residential Lines, But; 2) Using an ATDS without Prior Consent is Prohibited to Cell Phones Even for Business Purposes

14 Nov 201914 Nov 2019
It remains a source of common confusion here in TCPAWorld. But not understanding the TCPA rules surrounding business to business calls can land you in a world of hurt. Let’s…
ATDS/Predictive Dialer Cases…

TCPA Quick-Hitter: Court Finds “Artificial or Prerecorded Voice” Is Not a Legal Conclusion (But “Predictive Dialer” and “ATDS” Are!)

7 Nov 2019
In TCPA World, I quickly learned that discovery is an art to the most experienced and skilled litigators.  Overbroad requests and objections that lack specificity and detail won’t cut it…
ATDS/Human Intervention…

Outlier: As Robocall Battle Rages On Marks TCPA Analysis Followed for the First Time In the Northern District of Illinois

12 Jun 201913 Jun 2019
It is no secret that the Courts are spit to high heaven on the proper definition of automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) found within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. (“TCPA.”)…

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