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Autodialing
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Supreme Court Reviews Definition of Auto-Dialer Under TCPA To Clarify Circuit Split
On December 8, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral argument to consider the TCPA’s definition of an “automatic telephone dialer system” (ATDS) in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, Noah et al.,…
TCPA Defense Force Blog
FCC Issues Call Volume and Opt-Out Rules for Calls Exempted From TCPA’s Consent Requirements
Written by Artin Betpera Over the years, the FCC has established a number of exemptions to the TCPA’s prohibition on unconsented autodialed and pre-recorded or artificial voice calls. Last year,…
TCPA Watch
SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENT ON DEFINITION OF ATDS UNDER TCPA
By Andrew C. Glass, Gregory N. Blase, Joseph C. Wylie II, Molly K. McGinley, and Hollee M. Boudreau On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, the United States Supreme Court heard oral…
CommLaw Monitor
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Over the TCPA’s Definition of an Autodialer
By Alysa Z. Hutnik, Lauri A. Mazzuchetti, Kelley Drye, Whitney M. Smith, Julia Schuurman
For the second time this year, the TCPA came before the Supreme Court via teleconference oral argument in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, et al, Case No. 19-511 (2020). The Supreme…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
TCPA Is Unenforceable Since 2015 – Federal Courts in Louisiana and Ohio Rule
By Jason C. Gavejian, Maya Atrakchi
In late September, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued a first of its kind ruling regarding the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (“TCPA”). The court…
Privacy Zone
TCPA Subject to Supreme Court Scrutiny (Again) – What Exactly is Autodialing?
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was passed in 1991 and is known by many as the law that created the “do-not-call” rules. The statute includes a number of restrictions…
All About Advertising Law
Deepening the Divide: Will the Sixth Circuit’s Expansive Reading of the ATDS Definition Survive?
By Venable LLP, Leonard L. Gordon
The issue of what exactly is an autodialer, subject to the restrictions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"), may eventually be resolved. But for now, the outlook is much…
Minding Your Business
Sixth Circuit Tips the Scale in Split Over What Constitutes an Autodialer Under the TCPA
By Antonieta (Tonie) Pimienta Lefebvre
The Sixth Circuit has joined the Second and Ninth Circuits in their broad interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) autodialer provision. In doing so, it has tipped the…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Sixth Circuit widens circuit split over TCPA autodialer definition
By Jenny N. Perkins, Daniel JT McKenna, Ballard CFS Group
In Allan v. Pa. Higher Educ. Assistance Agency, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) statutory definition of an automatic…
Ad Law Access
Sixth Circuit Holds That Stored-Number Systems Meet the TCPA’s Definition of an Autodialer, Deepening Circuit Split to be Addressed by the Supreme Court Next Term
By Alysa Z. Hutnik, Kelley Drye, Lauri A. Mazzuchetti, Julia Schuurman
It has been more than two years since the D.C. Circuit found the Federal Communications Commission’s (the “FCC”) discussion of predictive dialers and other equipment alleged to be an automatic…