Telecommunications, Statutory Interpretation, Financial Services Industry

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

FCC Rules AI-Generated Voices Fall Under TCPA Restrictions

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/9/2024

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a unanimous ruling that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) restrictions on the use of “artificial or prerecorded voices” apply to AI technology that...more

Wisconsin Federal Court Finds that DNC Provision Extends to Text Messages

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/2/2023

On September 21, the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied a motion to partially dismiss a class action complaint alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), holding that the Do Not Call provision of...more

Ninth Circuit Dials Back Robocall Exemption for Government Debt

Carlton Fields on 6/27/2019

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has long banned certain people from spamming your cellphone with “robocalls” placed through automated dialers. But this ban did not extend to all types of robocalls. If the call...more

Ninth Circuit Case on TCPA Autodialer Definition Settles: What Does It Mean?

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/11/2019

In September 2018, in Marks v. San Diego Crunch, a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit three-judge panel held that the TCPA's definition of an automatic dialing system (ATDS) includes telephone equipment...more

Ninth Circuit Accepts Broad Definition of ATDS

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/24/2018

A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday handed the plaintiffs’ bar a resounding win. ...more