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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.  
Troutman Amin LLP

FLIP OUT: New Complaint Against Humans, Inc. Demonstrates the Risk to App Publishers that Push SMS To Contact Lists

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We are always on the lookout for the latest trends in TCPA litigation here at TCPAWorld.com. Obviously the biggest trend right now is a massive increase in TCPA class actions– up over 100% year over year....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of TCPA Case Involving Text Messages Holding “Prerecorded Voice Messages” Require Audible...

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On August 8, a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming a district court’s partial dismissal judgment entered in Trim v. Reward Zone USA LLC, holding that text messages did not use prerecorded voices...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - August 2022

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Will Coppertone Get Burned for Its Labels? Consumer class action alleges sunscreens are all the same - It’s Not Much, But It’s Something - Through the years, Coppertone - the sun protection products brand owned...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Spring 2021

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our spring edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2021. In this edition, the courts are beginning to split on COVID-19 cases, privacy litigants can’t...more

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Medical Marijuana Delivery App Agrees to Settle TCPA Case for $1.75M

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The “Uber of weed” app developed by Eaze Solutions, Inc. (Eaze) provides information to users about the delivery of recreational and medical marijuana throughout California....more

Carlton Fields

Careful What You Wish For – Additional Discovery Requested By TCPA Class Plaintiff Leads To Decertification Order In Northern...

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Federal courts have a continuing obligation to ensure that class action certification remains appropriate throughout the duration of a case. Accordingly, it is well established that if class certification is later deemed...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2017

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The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), has released a risk management reporting framework intended to "establish a common, underlying language for Cybersecurity risk management reporting — almost akin to US GAAP or IFRS...more

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Gather App Hit with TCPA Class Action Suit

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Gather, a free app designed to allow users to create event invitations and send them to their contacts has been hit with a proposed TCPA class action suit. The named plaintiff alleges that Gather tricks users into giving...more

Baker Donelson

Five Steps to Boosting TCPA Compliance

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) continues to be a tool utilized by the plaintiffs' bar for class action litigation. But the Act is also being wielded in run-of-the-mill bankruptcy adversary proceedings as...more

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“Human Intervention” Defense To TCPA Gains Traction

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On August 26, 2015, we wrote about a decision out of the Northern District of California, Luna v. Shac, LLC, Case No. 5:14-cv-00607-HRL, 2015 WL 4941781 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 19, 2015), in which the defendant prevailed in defeating...more

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Court Dismisses TCPA Claim Against WhisperText Where Text Messages Sent at App Users’ Direction

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Last week, in McKenna v. WhisperText et al., No. 5:14-CV-00424-PSG, 2015 WL 428728 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 9, 2015), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a purported Telephone Consumer Protection...more

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