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04/18/2019

TCPA Class Representative Ordered to Produce Evidence Regarding Past Lawsuits—Even Confidential Settlements Potentially Relevant to Standing to Represent Class

04/16/2019

Class Action could result in award of $925 MM for Plaintiff.
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/largest-tcpa-jury-verdict-history-maybe-not-visalus-lawyers-contend-apparent-925mm

04/15/2019

TCPA lawsuit filings increase by 7.9% in March over the month of February with 287 cases filed in March (120 class actions) and total of 855 total TCPA lawsuits filed to date in 2019. Check out the stats at WebRecon.

Quick analysis: Upside Down & Inside Out So, when is the last time FDCPA and TCPA lawsuits were up while FCRA lawsuits were down? (spoiler alert.

04/06/2019

Staring Down The Barrel: Court Relies On Little-Known Eleventh Circuit Rule To Dismiss TCPA Complaint As A Shotgun Pleading

Although TCPA practice is inherently national, it’s important not to lose sight of quirky local rules. A pro se TCPA plaintiff learned that lesson the hard way when the Middle District

04/06/2019

Max Margulis is one of five attorneys being honored by Washington University with the Distinguished Law Alumni Award. Managing attorney with Margulis Law Group. He has been pursuing cases involved with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for over 25 years.

Lynn and Dr. Carl Lyss and Rick Abrams will be honored at the 2019 JCRC Tzedek Award Celebration on May 28. The Lysses will receive the Batya Abramson-Goldstein Legacy Award,

04/06/2019

Jackson Hewitt Hit With $5M Suit Over Text 'Blasts'

A group of consumers hit Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. with a $5 million suit in a California federal court on Friday over claims that the company violated a consumer protection...

A group of consumers hit Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. with a $5 million suit in a California federal court on Friday over claims that the company violated a consumer protection act by sending out “blasts” of marketing text messages.

04/06/2019

4 Common TCPA Risks In Text Message Programs -
Law360
Although the Telephone Consumer Protection Act may be most commonly known for its prohibitions on robocalls, text messages also fall within the TCPA’s broad scope. Companies that use text messages to...

Companies that use text messages to communicate with customers have continued to face a surge of Telephone Consumer Protection Act class actions. Attorneys with Eversheds Sutherland discuss the risks associated with using autodialed text messages and how they can be avoided.

04/06/2019

Court Finds Texting Platform Not ATDS Under “Plain Meaning” of TCPA Statute

04/06/2019

Ability To Revoke TCPA Consent Limited When Consent Was Provided Via Contract

Although the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) limits the ways in which companies may contact individuals via automated dialers, with...

04/06/2019

TCPAWorld’s Podcast Launches!: Jay Edelson Predicts Nine-Figure TCPA Settlement on First Ever “Unprecedented” Podcast

Not only does Unprecedented feature a huge cast of truly knowledgeable TCPA aces, each week the podcast will provide insights from titans of the…

04/06/2019

Court Recognizes Reasonable Reliance on Prior Subscriber's Consent Defense in Denying Summary Judgment to Junk Fax Plaintiff in TCPA Case

https://www.insidearm.com/news/00044912-court-recognizes-reasonable-reliance-prio/

04/06/2019

A Texas appeals court on Wednesday revived a disciplinary action against an attorney accused of engaging in "predatory serial litigation" using the Americans with Disabilities Act, finding that the Commission for...

A Texas appeals court on Wednesday revived a disciplinary action against an attorney accused of engaging in "predatory serial litigation" using the Americans with Disabilities Act, finding that the Commission for Lawyer Discipline's case was valid enough to survive dismissal.