Takeaway: Most commentators (including this one) interpreted the U.S. Supreme Court’s fractured plurality opinion in Barr v. Am. Ass’n of Political Consultants, Inc, 140 S. Ct. 2335, 2343 (2020) (“AAPC”), as invalidating the...more
Takeaway: More class actions are filed under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) than any other statute, and TCPA claims often present common issues capable of class certification. But courts will not certify a...more
Takeaway: A recent Ninth Circuit decision find holding that the plaintiff had provided “prior express consent” to receive calls from a third-party telephone consultant shows that the scope of “prior express consent” is based...more