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Eleventh Circuit Grants en banc Review to Resolve Controversial TCPA Standing Ruling
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2022 Year in Review and Look Ahead Crossover With The Consumer Finance Podcast - FCRA Focus
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Following the Supreme Court’s decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Assoc., Inc. v. McKesson Corp., district courts have begun to respond by declining to follow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s interpretation of...more
Following in the wake of last years’ Loper Bright and Relentless, Inc. decisions that ended agency deference, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in McLaughlin Chiropractic Assoc., Inc. v. McKesson Corp. that the Hobbs Act...more
2025 has been the Year of the TCPA Class Action with filings more than doubling from last year. And for those wondering how fast a TCPA class action can turn up, one need only ask Fashion Nova. Fashion Nova, which Wikipedia...more
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a major source of consumer privacy litigation against companies that engage in telemarketing. This past year, there was little change in the status quo of what constitutes an...more
On October 11, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced an effective date of April 11, 2025, for the new Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules on the revocation of consent. Companies that call or...more
“Blessing Loom” Scheme Unravels in FTC Settlement - Esoteric trappings can’t save pyramid-scheme-by-another-name - Neolawgism - By certain ironclad laws of demography, we aren’t allowed to add terms to the...more
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we analyze recent fines against Meta and their impact on the future of behavioral advertising, the timeline for the California Privacy Rights Act’s regulations to become...more
FCC Slams American Scammers for 8 Billion Robocalls - With too many calls to document, carriers are ordered to pull the switch on traffic - One Robo to Call Them All - What sort of activity earns a court order, a public...more
No More Social Fix for Cali Kids? New state bill targets social media addiction - Vertigo 2.0 - There’s a tidal wave of anger against social media. And every time it seems to crest, another swell comes up from...more
BakerHostetler 2021 Data Security Incident Response Report – Disruption and Transformation - The report provides risk mitigation and compromise response intelligence from more than 1,250 data security incidents the firm...more
As Americans increasingly rely on text messages to communicate on a daily basis, marketers have taken note, and text advertising and marketing is increasingly common. Indeed, text messages have a read rate of about 98%, and...more
ERSP Asks Investing Daily to Tone It Down - Programs asks what a typical investor’s experience is likely to yield - Hard Sell? Investing Daily is a website that promotes a handful of splashily titled publications...more
Adhesive Company Hopes Made-in-USA Ruling Won’t Stick - J-B Weld to seek appeal of NAD’s discontinuation recommendation - Guilt Trip - If you’ve ever used glue from your desk drawer to fix a broken bowl or Hummel...more
As reported earlier today, the Supreme Court granted the Petition for Certiorari in PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc., No. 17-1705, 2018 WL 3127423 (U.S. Nov. 13, 2018) to consider the following legal...more
As you all know, the primary jurisdiction doctrine and its importance as a defendant’s potentially crucial companion on a journey through TCPAland has been covered here before, but that importance was again on full display in...more
Companies that market products through third-party agents or distributors face a particular risk under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when their agents call, text or fax consumers without obtaining the necessary...more
In This Issue: - Dyson Appeals NAD Air Purity Rebuke - Court to Kanye Plaintiff: Imma Let You Finish - Are All Bets Off on Free-to-Play? - Instagram Celeb Alleges Link Theft! - Third Circuit Weighs In on Autodialer...more
To be liable for a junk fax Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violation, does a company have to actually send a fax? The plain language of the TCPA says yes: “It shall be unlawful for any person… to use any telephone...more
The primary jurisdiction doctrine Eric wrote about a mere few weeks ago was on full display in a recent ruling granting a motion to stay in a junk-fax TCPA class action. In Scoma Chiropractic, P.A., et al v. Dental...more
Oppositions to a petition for certiorari were recently filed with the United States Supreme Court urging the Court to reject a proposed appeal filed by serial Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) plaintiffs seeking review...more
A basic tactic of shady internet advertisers relies on blurring the lines between “real” content and advertisements. Enough users are duped in this fashion to make the practice commonplace (and lucrative). Ad producers blend...more
SharkNinja, manufacturer of the Shark Rotator Powered Lift-Away vacuum, made some strong claims regarding the popularity of its product. In television ads and online, the company boasted that “America preferred … Shark” and...more
Recent News - Class Action Plaintiffs Seek En Banc Review of D.C. Circuit Fax Advertisement Decision - On April 28, 2017, the class action plaintiff petitioners in Bais Yaakov of Spring Valley et.al. v. FCC (No....more
In a March 31, 2017 ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit invalidated a 2006 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule requiring businesses to include opt-out notices on solicited fax advertisements sent with...more
Elaine Bonin of Franklin, Wisconsin received several sports scores via text courtesy of CBS Radio but did not recall signing up. Like any good citizen, recognizing that under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act she might...more