On June 20, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., 606 U.S. —- — S.Ct. —- 2025 WL 1716136 (2025), addressing whether, under the Administrative Orders Review...more
7/1/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Consent ,
FCC ,
Hobbs Act ,
Judicial Review ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates Inc v McKesson Corporation ,
Robocalling ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Medicaid Act’s any-qualified-provider provision does not confer individual rights enforceable under 42 U.S.C. §1983. This decision reverses the Fourth Circuit’s...more
6/27/2025
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Appeals ,
Beneficiaries ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Judicial Authority ,
Medicaid ,
Medina v Planned Parenthood South Atlantic ,
Patient Access ,
Planned Parenthood ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
SCOTUS ,
State and Local Government ,
Statutory Interpretation
In a significant ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its 6-3 opinion in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, addressing the scope of judicial review under the Hobbs Act. The decision marks a...more
6/23/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Hobbs Act ,
Judicial Review ,
Jurisdiction ,
McKesson Technologies ,
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates Inc v McKesson Corporation ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Unsolicited Faxes
On January 21, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation. As discussed here, the primary issue is whether the Hobbs Act, which limits judicial...more
1/24/2025
/ Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
FCC ,
Final Rules ,
Hobbs Act ,
Judicial Authority ,
Judicial Review ,
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates Inc v McKesson Corporation ,
Oral Argument ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
TCPA
On October 4, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation. This case will address a critical question that has been a point of contention among various...more
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2021 decision in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid resolved a long-standing circuit split over the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system, or ATDS, under the Telephone Consumer Protection...more
1/18/2024
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Do Not Call List ,
Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
Robocalling ,
SCOTUS ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
More than two years after the Supreme Court released its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, confirming the meaning of automatic telephone dialing systems (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a plaintiff has...more
7/20/2023
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Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Phone Numbers ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Media ,
Social Networks ,
TCPA
The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in Facebook v. Duguid, 141 S. Ct. 1163 (2021), answered in the affirmative a question that had divided courts for years: Did the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA)...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in Facebook v. Duguid, 141 S. Ct. 1163 (2021), affirmatively answered a question that had divided courts for years: Did the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition...more
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Duguid v. Facebook, finding once and for all that an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) as defined by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) requires a...more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Duguid v. Facebook to decide, once and for all, whether an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), as defined in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), requires a...more
On Tuesday, December 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Duguid v. Facebook case to decide, once and for all, whether an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”), as defined in the Telephone Consumer...more
The Acting Solicitor General submitted an amicus brief in Facebook v. Duguid on September 4, urging the Supreme Court to find that telephony must randomly or sequentially generate telephone numbers, then dial those numbers in...more
9/11/2020
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ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Certiorari ,
Data Storage ,
Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
SCOTUS ,
Solicitor General ,
Split of Authority ,
TCPA
On July 9th, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Duguid v. Facebook to decide, once and for all, whether an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) defines the phrase,...more
7/11/2020
/ ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Certiorari ,
Data Storage ,
Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Popular ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
TCPA
The United States Supreme Court issued its much-awaited decision in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants on Monday, July 6, striking down the government-backed debt exemption in the Telephone Consumer...more
7/8/2020
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Barr v American Association of Political Consultants Inc ,
Cell Phones ,
Compelling Governmental Interest ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Content-Based Restrictions ,
Debt Collection ,
Exceptions ,
Federal Bans ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Government Debt-Exception ,
Robocalling ,
SCOTUS ,
Severability Doctrine ,
Strict Scrutiny Standard ,
TCPA