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A District Court judge in North Carolina has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case after it was sued for allegedly placing “several” hundred calls to the plaintiff’s cell phone in an effort to attempt to collect a debt, ruling that the technology …

A bill has been introduced in the Senate that seeks to stiffen the penalties for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, including jail time for those who willfully or knowingly violate the statute while also doubling the penalty for those who are found to falsify their caller ID information. …

Ignoring a precedent that had been set by another Appeals Court and overturning a ruling that was issued by a District Court judge, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that the receipt of a single text message is enough to confer standing for a plaintiff to sue under …

Interestingly enough, the number of lawsuits filed in April claiming violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act were all lower in April than the same month last year — which was the first full month that the COVID-19 …

The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit in which the District Court ruled the plaintiff lacked standing to sue because he never claimed anything other than a “bare procedural harm that resulted in no harm.” A copy of …

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal filed by a plaintiff seeking to recover additional recoveries after being awarded $14,000 in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case against a collector. A copy of the ruling in the case of Floyd v. Navient Solutions can be accessed by …

In a sign of what is likely to come, lawsuits alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act increased 19% in March compared with February, although the total for the first quarter of 2021 is still well below that from the same period last year, according to data released …

A District Court judge in Delaware has granted a plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case, ruling that the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate the exception for using an automated telephone dialing system to collect on debts owed to the federal government means that companies that …

The Supreme Court today issued its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, reversing and remanding the case back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court, in an unanimous opinion, held that an automated telephone dialing service as defined in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act must be that has “the …

People sued less in February, but complained more, according to data released by WebRecon. The number of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits is down 25% for the first two months of 2021, compared to the first two months of 2020, while the number of Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuits …