A tidal wave of increased class action activity is breaking in New England courts. Through the first six months of 2025, total class action filings in First Circuit federal and state courts across New England have already...more
In the last month, we have gained additional insight into the future of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulation and how class action litigation might be shaped by...more
7/23/2025
/ Class Action ,
Do Not Call List ,
FCC ,
Hobbs Act ,
Judicial Deference ,
Judicial Review ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates Inc v McKesson Corporation ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Robocalling ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing
The first months of 2025 have brought a number of notable developments in TCPA litigation and compliance, kicking off with the eleventh-hour announcement by the FCC on January 24 that it would postpone the effective date of...more
5/1/2025
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Consent ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
FCC ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Proposed Rules ,
Robocalling ,
Rulemaking Process ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing
We are pleased to present our final 2024 update to the New England and First Circuit Class Action Tracker, which focuses on class action filings in state and federal courts within the boundaries of the First Circuit in New...more
3/27/2025
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Health Care Providers ,
Popular ,
Securities Regulation ,
TCPA
On Friday, January 24, 2025, just one business day before it was to take effect on January 27, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) One-to-One Consent Rule that was adopted as an...more
1/30/2025
/ Appeals ,
Chevron Deference ,
Compliance ,
Consent ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
FCC ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing
We are pleased to present our second quarter 2024 update to the New England and First Circuit Class Action Tracker, which focuses on class action filings in state and federal courts within the boundaries of the First Circuit...more
Updated July 24, 2025 to include Q2 2025.
Pierce Atwood's Class Action Defense group is pleased to present this New England and First Circuit Class Action Tracker, which focuses on the filings and decisions in state and...more
5/4/2023
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Biotechnology ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Settlement ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Healthcare ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Securities Violations ,
TCPA
On September 24, 2019, the District of Massachusetts held in Katz v. Liberty Power Corp., LLC that the government debt collection exemption to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. §§ 227 et seq., is an...more
10/2/2019
/ Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Debt Collection ,
Do Not Call List ,
Exemptions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Robocalling ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
TCPA