TCPA

The Supreme Court on Friday announced that it was postponing hearing arguments for the month of April as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a decision which delays the outcome in a closely watched Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit. The Court said it would consider re-scheduling cases before the end …

Even though they might not have maintained the pace set in January, the number of lawsuits alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act still are mostly outpacing the number that were filed during the first two months of …

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has denied an en banc request from the plaintiff in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case, potentially bringing it to an end, which would be good news for the collection industry. A three-judge panel from the Seventh Circuit issued its ruling in the case …

The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has partially overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against a number of defendants alleging they violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, ruling that the third amended complaint filed …

The plaintiff in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case has filed a petition to have the entire Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals hear arguments in its case, after a panel from the Seventh Circuit last month affirmed a lower court’s ruling that technology that does not have the capacity to …

An individual has filed a class-action lawsuit against Charter Communications, alleging the cable provider violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making calls to her cell phone without her consent because it was looking for someone else. The calls allegedly continued after the plaintiff told a representative of the defendant …

Down is up and up is down. After ending 2019 in the red, the number of lawsuits filed in January alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, along with the number complaints filed with the Consumer Financial …

The Supreme Court has announced it will hear arguments in a landmark Telephone Consumer Protection Act Case — Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants — on April 22, setting the stage for the possible invalidation of the entire TCPA. The case, on appeal from the Fourth Circuit Court of …

Portfolio Recovery Associates has asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to re-consider its stance on how an automated telephone dialing system is defined under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in the wake of rulings from a growing number of other Appeals Courts that conflict with the Ninth Circuit’s definition. …

Joining a growing number of other Appeals Courts lining up against the Ninth Circuit, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that technology that does not have the capacity to generate random or sequential numbers does not meet the definition of an automated telephone dialing …