Telecommunications, Class Action, Debt Collection

TCPA INSURANCE TO THE RESCUE?: Small Debt Collector Walks Away From Class Suit For Under Policy Limits

Troutman Amin LLP on 6/18/2025

TCPA insurance used to be very difficult to come by but slowly carriers are starting to write policies to protect companies from TCPA liability. Most of the policies are low limit high deductible affairs– $1MM is the max that...more

DeSantis signs bill allowing debt collection emails between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/3/2025

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed legislation making it clear that debt collection emails sent between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. do not violate Florida law....more

Supreme Court Agrees To Review The Constitutionality of the TCPA

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/13/2020

Given how often TCPA cases are filed—and how often they push the envelope of the statute’s scope and the courts’ jurisdiction—it should come as no surprise that the Supreme Court is often asked to bring some sanity to the...more

TCPA Class Action Tossed out After Hospital Provides Records Indicating Consent

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/31/2017

Central Florida Regional Hospital (the Hospital) was released from a proposed class action last week for its alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Hospital’s debt collector, Transworld...more

Magistrate Judge Had Authority To Enter Final Judgment Without Consent Of Absent Class Members But Abused Discretion In Approving...

Carlton Fields on 2/7/2017

The Ninth Circuit held that a magistrate judge was not required to obtain the consent of absent class members to approve a settlement in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case and to enter a final judgment after...more

California Court Strikes Fail-Safe TCPA Class Definition

Burr & Forman on 8/24/2016

Dixon v. Monterey Fin. Services, Inc., No. 15-cv-03298 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 22, 2016) - At issue before the Court was Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, and Defendant’s second motion to strike class definition as a fail-safe...more