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In a notable ruling for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s decision to exclude a plaintiff’s expert witness and deny...more
Every once in a while a plaintiff’s attorney will do the unthinkable. They will win certification in a TCPA class action and then walk it back– agreeing to accept an individual resolution instead of a classwide deal. The...more
In what appears to be an emerging privacy litigation trend, plaintiffs’ attorneys have recently filed a series of putative class action lawsuits targeting data companies in possession of cellular telephone numbers. The...more
A recent decision by a Connecticut district court reiterates that the issue of consent may foreclose class certification in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) junk fax cases....more
Financial Industry Developments - Class Action Against Lending Club and WebBank Headed to Defeat - On Monday, January 31, 2017, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York granted a motion to...more
On January 9, 2014, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals again held that an insurance policy issued to class action defendants did not provide coverage for a claim brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more