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CURIOUS: Second Circuit Issues Oddly-Worded Remand In LaBoom Disco ATDS Ruling Following Facebook– Does It Mean Anything?

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Real quick one for the TCPA super nerds. You’ll recall way back in April 2020 the world was melting down. No, I’m not talking about COVID. I am talking about ATDS cases. Perhaps the high-water mark of TCPAWorld ATDS chaos...more

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TEXTS AREN’T CALLS!: State Appellate Court Holds Text Messages Are Not Telephone Calls Were Purposes of Criminal Statute

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Since 2009 Courts have been applying FCC rulings suggesting that text messages are calls subject to the TCPA even though text messages didn’t exist at the time the TCPA was passed and the statute does not mention text...more

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Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment and Adopts Narrow Interpretation of “Telephone Solicitations”

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The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed entry of summary judgment against a TCPA plaintiff and adopted the Eastern District of Wisconsin’s interpretation of the phrase “telephone solicitations.” Hulce v. Zipongo, Inc., — F. 4th...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Sixth Circuit Affirms TCPA Summary Judgment Based on Lack of Random or Sequential Number Generation

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In Gary v. Trueblue, Inc., 346 F.Supp.3d 1040 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 11, 2018), the court granted the Defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the basis that Plaintiff failed to establish the Defendant’s dialing system had the...more

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Ninth Circuit Adopts Expansive Definition of Auto-Dialer in TCPA Case

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In a ruling that increases liability for companies that use text messaging for marketing or communicating with customers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit adopted an expansive definition of what constitutes an...more

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Ninth Circuit Accepts Broad Definition of ATDS

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A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday handed the plaintiffs’ bar a resounding win. ...more

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