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Autodialing
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The Eleventh Circuit Weighs In On ATDS Definition
By Lauri A. Mazzuchetti, Alysa Z. Hutnik, Whitney M. Smith
In Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC, the Eleventh Circuit addressed a pair of appeals that presented the question of the appropriate definition of an automatic telephone dialing system…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Eleventh Cir. Rejects Broad Reading of “Autodialer”
The key issue is how to interpret ambiguous language in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition of “automatic telephone dialing system." The Eleventh Circuit panel’s decision in Glasser rejects…
Inside Privacy
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Expansive Interpretation of TCPA Autodialer Definition, Creating Split with Ninth Circuit
The Eleventh Circuit has issued a decision in Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company that rejects an expansive interpretation of a key definitional term in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act…
Class Action & Mass Torts
The Sixth Circuit Limits the Meaning of ATDS Under the TCPA
By Lisa Yun Pruitt, Shannon Petersen
Recently, the Sixth Circuit in Gary v. Trueblue, Inc., No. 18-2281, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 26959 (6th Cir. Sep. 5, 2019), weighed in on the meaning of Automatic Telephone Dialing…
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When Skiptracing + Autodialing = $267 Million
Last week, companies engaged in debt collection were not-so-gently reminded that making calls using an automated dialer to any number other than the one provided by the consumer is incredibly…
Communications, Media & Entertainment
One “Chirp, Buzz, Or Blink” Is Not Enough To Sue Under The TCPA
By David Poell, Lisa Yun Pruitt, Paul Werner, Shannon Petersen
A recent decision by the Eleventh Circuit will make it more difficult for plaintiffs to establish standing to sue under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In Salcedo v. Hanna,…
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Privacy Class Action Win Underscores Need for TCPA Reform
On April 12, an Oregon federal jury in Wakefield v. Visalus, Case No. 3:15-cv-01857-SI, handed down what may turn out to be the largest Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class…
Consumer Protection Review
New TCPA Ruling Holds an Autodialer Must Have the Capacity to Generate Numbers Randomly or Sequentially
By Erin K. Earl, Anna Mouw Thompson
In the wake of the D.C. Circuit’s opinion vacating the Federal Communications Commission’s order interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), federal courts have disagreed on how to define an…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Plaintiff Argues GoDaddy Texting Campaign Used an Autodialer
Lead plaintiff, John Herrick, in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit against GoDaddy.com LLC (GoDaddy.com) opposed an Arizona federal judge’s May 2018 decision to grant summary judgment…
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Taking Stock of the TCPA in 2019: What is an “Autodialer”?
By Alysa Z. Hutnik, Lauri A. Mazzuchetti
The current and future definition of what qualifies as an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS or autodialer) remains a hotly debated and evaluated issue for every company placing calls and…