Text Messages, FCC, Private Right of Action

Do DNC Call Rules Apply to Text Messaging?

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP on 9/8/2025

On August 26 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a useful decision for companies contesting National Do Not Call (“DNC”) claims. In Davis v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., the Court granted...more

Major Decision for Defense Bar: Text Messages Do Not Satisfy DNC Pleading Requirements

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP on 8/12/2025

On July 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois issued an important decision for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) defendants. In Jones et al. v. Blackstone Medical Services,...more

North Carolina Judge Says Cell Phones Not Subject to Federal Do-Not-Call Protections

Venable LLP on 2/14/2023

Last week, a magistrate judge in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina dismissed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit brought by a plaintiff who claimed calls made by an insurance lead...more

Frequent TCPA flyer is grounded: Federal judge denies class certification due to representative’s deceptive practices

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 12/9/2021

A federal district court judge refused to certify a class led by a serial plaintiff who prolonged unsolicited calls in order to create a cause of action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The decision is a...more

Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Narrows the Scope of the TCPA

ArentFox Schiff on 9/23/2021

An April Supreme Court ruling significantly reduced the scope of communications platforms that could be considered autodialers subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The decision in Facebook, Inc. v....more

Class Action Quarterly Update: TCPA

ArentFox Schiff on 9/22/2021

An April Supreme Court ruling significantly reduced the scope of communications platforms that could be considered autodialers subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The decision in Facebook, Inc. v....more

U.S. Supreme Court to Address Major TCPA Issue Next Term, Resolving Circuit Split on Autodialer Standard

Hudson Cook, LLP on 8/5/2020

Summer in Washington, D.C., is usually a quiet time. D.C.'s summer of 2020 has been anything but quiet, to put it mildly. While there are several existential pulls on our attention this season, we should still take a moment...more

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