Perhaps not surprisingly, there was no vacation this summer for TCPA litigation. We already addressed the 11th Circuit’s big decision on Article III standing in Salcedo. But we’ve also combed through the 150+ TCPA-related decisions over the summer to keep
Media & Privacy Risk Report
News, commentary and humor on media, privacy and the law
The Media & Privacy Risk Report, published by Vedder Price PC, focuses on legal developments and risks related to media, privacy, and data protection. It covers topics such as consumer data privacy laws, regulatory enforcement actions, litigation trends involving privacy statutes, standing requirements in privacy and consumer claims, telemarketing regulations, and First Amendment challenges in privacy contexts. The blog also addresses cross-state regulatory cooperation on privacy enforcement, evolving interpretations of statutes like the TCPA, and defenses against privacy-related class actions. It serves as a resource for understanding the intersection of media, privacy rights, and legal risk management in a complex regulatory environment.
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Common Sense Reigns in 11th Circuit: A Brief Annoyance Does Not Create Standing
For the vast majority of Americans, receiving a single unsolicited text message is a mere annoyance that does not warrant a federal lawsuit. But spurred by the language of the TCPA and a series of judicial decisions nationwide, a cottage…
TCPA Case Law Review (Vol. 9): How are there still this many TCPA cases?
The volume of TCPA cases nationwide makes it incredibly difficult to keep up with all of the latest developments. Who wants to engage in the tedious task of reading more than 100 published decisions related to the TCPA several times…
SCOTUS Catapults Class Arbitration Onto the Endangered Species List
On April 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision touching a number of hot button issues and litigation threats facing American businesses — including class actions, arbitration agreements and data privacy.
The case, Lamps Plus, Inc. v.…
HIPAA Civil Penalty Annual Limits Plummet
Recognizing that different levels of culpability warrant different annual civil penalty limits, the Department of Health and Human Services adopted a notification April 23, 2019, to be published in the Federal Register April 30, 2019, that reduces the majority of…
SEC: Practice What You Preach on Privacy
One of the most common things we discuss with clients is the need to ensure that privacy policies accurately reflect the actual procedures in place for handling confidential information. The SEC reiterated that point last week in a Risk Alert…
TCPA Case Law Review (Vol. 8)
Although there have not been any groundbreaking cases to start the new year, 2019 is off to a good start for the TCPA defense bar. Several courts have denied class certification in putative TCPA class actions while other courts have…
BIPA ALERT: An Opening of the Litigation Floodgates?
No Actual Harm Necessary to Assert Biometric Privacy Claims in Illinois
Today the Illinois Supreme Court held that an individual does not need to allege actual harm in order to seek liquidated damages and injunctive relief under the Illinois Biometric…
TCPA Case Law Review (Vol. 7)
As we head into 2019, there are plenty of reasons for optimism in the TCPA defense bar. Courts nationwide have continued to interpret the ACA v. FCC ruling favorably to defendants at both the motion to dismiss and summary judgment…
TCPA Case Law Review (Vol. 6)
As 2018 comes to a close, there is no sign that the development of TCPA case law will be slowing any time soon. Since our last report in October, we have reviewed at least 75 new decisions discussing the…