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Text Messages
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Carpe Datum Law
Spoliation and Southern Rock
By Jason Priebe
A trial court opinion involving allegations of spoliation of text messages on a mobile phone in the Southern District of New York has gotten attention because of the application of…
The Relativity Blog
Rock ‘n Roll e-Discovery: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Text Message Dispute
By Relativity
With hits such as Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the biggest bands of the 1970s. Tragically, members of the band met the same fate…
The Compliance Gap
Use of Text Messaging Should Change the Nature of Evidence Gathering in Internal Investigations
By Jessica Nall
It doesn’t take a millennial to know that these days not all pertinent business-related communications are to be found on corporate e-mail servers. As we have increasingly seen in recent…
Sunshine in Missouri
Call me irresponsible – call me unreliable, throw in undependable too ….
By Jean Maneke
Missouri’s sunshine law was officially adopted in 1973 – 44 years ago. You can imagine there have been many changes to the law since that time – originally it was…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Retailer Successfully Defends Text Messaging TCPA Claim
Earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Blow v. Bijora upheld a lower court decision rejecting a plaintiff’s claim that she did not…
Data Counsel
FCC Closes Year With Enforcement Advisory on Text Messages
Almost a year and a half after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a rule update to its rules and regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)…
K-12 Legal Insights
Texting Students and Parents: New Developments and Open Questions under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
By Matt Knepper
The FCC recently provided additional guidance about the kinds of school-initiated text messages and automated calls that are exempt from liability under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Below…
Socially Aware Blog
App Developer Not Liable Under TCPA For User-Initiated Texts
A recent decision out of the Northern District of California brings good news for developers of mobile apps that incorporate text messaging functions. Those functions may create the risk of…
ContractsProf Blog
A Text Message Is a Writing, Too (Albeit with More Emojis)
As technology continues to evolve, so does the law, and a recent case out of Massachusetts, St. John's Holdings, LLC v. Two Electronics, LLC, MISC 16-000090, proves it. Addressing what…
Ad Law Access
iHeartMedia Doesn’t Heart the TCPA
iHeartMedia has agreed to pay $8.5 million to resolve allegations that the company sent unsolicited text messages to radio station listeners, in violation of the TCPA. According to the complaint,…