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The California "flash act" and dealing with unwanted sexual image text messages

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I grew up in a different time.  When I was 18 we didn't have computers (for the most part) or online dating sites such as eHarmony, Bumble, Match, Dating.com, and the whole slew of other niche dating sites....more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Texas SB 140 – Texas’ New and Not-So-Mini TCPA Requirements

Texas continues the trend of state “mini-TCPA” laws expansion in response to the Supreme Court of the Unites States’ landmark ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which limited the reach of the TCPA by narrowly defining an...more

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Texas Mini-TCPA Took Effect September 1: Are You Ready?

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Effective September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 140—often referred to as the state’s “Mini-TCPA”—became law. The change means that text messages are now treated the same way as telephone solicitations under Texas rules....more

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Texas Expands Mini-TCPA: Text Marketing Now in the Crosshairs

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SB 140 takes effect on September 1, 2025, effectuating a number of changes to Texas’s so-called “mini-TCPA.” Perhaps the most significant immediate impact is to the registration provision, expanding the types of outreach...more

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Marketing Texts in Texas: SB 140 Broadens State Telemarketing Regulations

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On September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 140 (SB 140) becomes effective, broadening certain aspects of the state’s telemarketing law to cover text messages, multimedia messages and similar electronic communications. The...more

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Texas Broadens State’s TCPA Rules and Increases Litigation Risks for Marketers

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Texas has enacted amendments to its state version of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code §§ 301-305) (the Texas Mini-TCPA), adding three key pressure points that will increase both compliance...more

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Marketers: Beware of Texting in Texas

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On June 20, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 140 into law, taking effect on Sept. 1, 2025. Among other things, this bill expands the scope of Texas’ telephone solicitation legislation (the Texas Telephone...more

Troutman Amin LLP

EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS: SB140 PASSED–TEXAS’ NEW MINI-TCPA TAKES EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1, 2025!: Bringing New Private Right of...

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On June 20, 2025 – Governor Abott signed into law Texas Bill SB140 – as TCPAWorld previously reported the Texas-sized bill drastically amends the Texas Mini-TCPA statute – the Texas Business & Commerce Code (“TBCC”) by...more

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Upholding the FTSA Amendment: Recent Legal Triumphs and Implications for the Future of Florida’s Mini-TCPA

The Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), effective July 1, 2021, has undergone significant amendments as of May 25, 2023, reshaping the legal landscape for businesses in Florida. Initially, the FTSA created a private...more

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