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Troutman Amin LLP

NOCK ON WOOD: Rare Order Granting a Plaintiff’s Request to Transfer Case Granted– TCPA Defendant Robbed of Summary Judgment?

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Unusual one for you today. In Nock v. Spring Energy, 2025 WL 2046196 (S.D. N.Y. July 22, 2025) the court entered an order transferring a TCPA case to Maryland. Ok, fairly blasé. What’s the point Czar? Well it was the...more

Troutman Amin LLP

A SHARP DISSENT: A Review Of The Dissent’s Take On The Supreme Court’s Ruling In McLaughlin.

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In McLaughlin Chiropractic Assocs., Inc. v. McKesson Corp., No. 23-1226, 2025 WL 1716136 (U.S. June 20, 2025), the Supreme Court determined that the Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to...more

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Supreme Court Rules Hobbs Act Does Not Bind District Courts to Agency Interpretations

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In a significant ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its 6-3 opinion in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, addressing the scope of judicial review under the Hobbs Act. The decision marks a...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA Tracker: December 2024-January 2025

Eleventh Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s TCPA 1:1 Consent Rule - The Eleventh Circuit recently held that the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) exceeded its statutory authority when it issued a 2023 Order interpreting the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Python Bites Back: Counterclaims Based on Alleged Consent Survive Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss

TCPA defendants often assert, in either a motion to dismiss or answer (or both), that a plaintiff gave prior express consent to receive the calls or text messages at issue. But it is the exceptional case where a defendant...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

White House Announces New Initiatives Targeting Consumer Experience

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Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration launched a comprehensive initiative aimed at addressing what it describes as everyday hassles that waste Americans’ time and money. This new government-wide effort, called “Time Is...more

Hinch Newman LLP

Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Joint Task Force News

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice possess both overlapping and distinct authority to challenge anti-competitive practices under federal law. The FTC enforces, without limitation, the FTC Act and the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

New Telecommunications and Data Protection Rules Taking Effect in Saudi Arabia

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA or Kingdom) is a sovereign state located in the Middle East between the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf (sometimes referred to as the Persian Gulf) and is one of the member states of the Gulf...more

A&O Shearman

Devas v. Antrix: Ninth Circuit Requires Minimum Contacts for Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign States

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The Ninth Circuit’s February 6, 2024, decision denying rehearing en banc of Devas v. Antrix and upholding its earlier ruling to overturn the enforcement of a $1.3 billion arbitration award diverges significantly from the...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Finds District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Freeze Defendant’s Assets During Pendency of Action to Confirm...

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In Noble Prestige Ltd. v. Galle, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether the trial court properly granted a preliminary injunction barring the defendants from dispersing assets during the pendency of the...more

Walkers

Guernsey Guide: legal, regulatory, transparency and supervisory framework

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This briefing explains Guernsey’s adoption of rigorous international tax and regulatory standards, which, in conjunction with its local tax law, make it an ideal location for investment funds and other investment vehicles....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

11th Circuit Finds One Unwanted Text Message Sufficient to Allow Standing to File Suit in Drazen v. Pinto

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In the case of Drazen v. Pinto, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc ruled unanimously that plaintiffs who received a single unwanted telemarketing text message suffered a concrete injury. In 2019, Susan...more

Porter Hedges LLP

How the Shift to a Permanent Remote Workforce Can Impact Venue for Patent Infringement Lawsuits

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The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way employers and employees viewed remote work. What was once a rare perk enjoyed by few became an everyday necessity almost overnight. In 2020, most people engaged in some type of work from...more

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FRAND License Disputes: Litigation and ADR

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A party to a dispute making a conscious decision whether to litigate or arbitrate does not occur as often as some might think. The decision is often made by the circumstances. If a dispute arises regarding a license or other...more

Haug Partners LLP

Update: Global FRAND Terms and Standard Essential Patents

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Recent appellate decisions coming out of the United States and the United Kingdom relating to global FRAND terms for standard essential patents will likely increase the possibility of forum shopping by patent owners and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Fun with Numbers From The Federal Circuit’s First Three Months Of Telephonic Arguments

With the start of the Federal Circuit’s July oral arguments, we thought it made sense to look back at the Court’s first three months of telephonic hearings (April, May, and June). What do those sittings show about how the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Sanctions Enforcement Update: Penalties for Logistics, Telecom Companies

• Actions underscore long arm of U.S. sanctions jurisdiction • Voluntary disclosures and cooperation can lead to significant penalty reductions • Facilitation of a violation is treated the same as a direct violation ...more

White & Case LLP

Department of Commerce Invites Comments on Proposed Rule Targeting Information and Communications Technology Transactions

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On November 27, 2019, the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on the implementation of Executive Order 13873 (the EO), "Securing the Information and Communications Technology and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Targets Huawei and Telecommunications Trade

On 15 May 2019, the U.S. government made two major announcements that are expected to disrupt the telecommunications equipment, technology, software and services sector....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

• On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued a long-awaited E.O. designed to curtail the use of telecommunications items and services from certain countries and persons in U.S. networks. The E.O. does not impose immediate...more

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ATDS Appellate Watchdog: TCPA Autodialer Cases Pending in the Circuit Courts of Appeals You Can’t Miss Post-Marks

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This week, Erin Kubota prognosticated how the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals will decide automatic telephone dialer cases (“ATDS”) post the monumental Marks ruling from the Ninth Circuit on September 20, 2018...more

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Prognosticating Post Marks: Will Courts in Other Jurisdictions Follow in the 9th Circuit’s Footsteps on the Definition of an ATDS...

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We clearly do not have a crystal ball here in TCPAland, otherwise we would have been able to accurately predict the Ninth Circuit’s monumental recent decision in Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 2018 WL 4495553 (9th Cir. Sept....more

Hogan Lovells

Standard Essential Patent Update – June 2018

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16 April 2018 – Huawei’s jurisdictional challenge to Conversant Wireless’ patent infringement and FRAND determination proceedings has been dismissed by the High Court of England and Wales. ...more

Jones Day

Top Ten Practical Tips for CFIUS Practice

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The Situation: During the last few years, the CFIUS process has evolved and potential significant changes are on the horizon. The Result: CFIUS remains an important consideration for foreign parties looking to invest in...more

Perkins Coie

FCC Stay of Broadband Privacy Rules Foreshadows Deregulatory Measures

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As anticipated, the Republican members of the Federal Communications Commission are taking steps to pare down the 2016 Broadband Privacy Order now that they are in the majority. The FCC has released an order staying the data...more

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