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 Drazen filed a class action…

Does a furnisher always have reach the “right” answer when it investigates a consumer’s credit reporting dispute?  Or does the furnisher just have to engage in a “reasonable” investigation of the dispute before responding?   In Milgram v. Chase Bank…

In the case of Taylor v LeadPoint, Inc., the Middle District of Florida denied defendant, LeadPoint’s, motion to dismiss finding that even unanswered calls could constitute “telephone solicitations” under the TCPA.  LeadPoint, Inc. is a software and information technology services…

Does a mother have Article III standing to sue under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act based on advertising text messages received on a cell phone that was being used by her son?  A panel of the Ninth Circuit answered “yes”…

Some great news from our San Francisco office—Womble Bond Dickinson has combined with San Francisco-based boutique litigation firm Simmonds & Narita LLP.The five-lawyer team is comprised of partners Tomio Narita and Jeffrey Topor and counsels Leanne Yu, Nathan Searles…

The number of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) filed lawsuits increased in the month of May. According to WebRecon’s May 2023 Statistics, the total number of TCPA cases filed increased 98.2% from April, an increased 79.2% compared to May…

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision and found that a single ringless voicemail (RVM) was enough to violate the TCPA.  The district court determined that the plaintiff only received one RVM and dismissed the lawsuit…