Consumer advocacy groups and 33 state attorneys general have lined up behind the plaintiff in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case currently before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that will determine whether calls made to an individual’s cell phone using an automated telephone dialing system before July 6 — …
Read More »FDCPA, TCPA Suit Totals Continue Decline While FCRA Numbers Keep Climbing: WebRecon
There have been some significant shifts in consumer lawsuit trends during the past five years, and those trends continued in 2020, based on data released yesterday by WebRecon. The number of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits dropped from 2019 to 2020 — the fifth straight year the total fell …
Read More »Compliance Digest – January 4
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Read More »FCC Issues Orders Limiting Non-Telemarketing Calls and Requiring Opt-Outs
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday issued two orders, one of which restricts the number of non-telemarketing calls that can be made by non-commercial, commercial, and tax-exempt nonprofit organizations under the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act. The other order bestows more power on voice service providers …
Read More »Robocall Complaints Continue Decline: FCC
The number of complaints alleging violations of Section 227 of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act continued their marked decline during the first 11 months of 2020 and were on pace to fall for the third consecutive year, according to data released last week by the Federal Communications Commission. The data …
Read More »TCPA Class Action Filed Against Collector in Florida
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a debt collector in Florida alleging it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by calling the plaintiff more than 40 times after he allegedly revoked consent to be contacted and for mis-stating the amount that was …
Read More »Judge Grants MSJ for Plaintiff in TCPA ATDS Case, Awards $122k in Damages
In a case that was first spotlighted by Eric Troutman at TCPAWorld.com, a District Court judge in Ohio has granted a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and awarded it $122,500 after he was contacted by a debt collector 245 times during a 4 1/2-month span, even though the creditor never …
Read More »Lawsuit Totals Mostly Down, But Complaints Stay Up: WebRecon
Consumers are filing fewer lawsuits, but are filing more complaints, according to data released yesterday by WebRecon. It will be interesting to keep an eye on that lawsuit total and see if the relatively significant increase in complaints leads to a similar increase in lawsuits in the coming months. The …
Read More »Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of TCPA Suit Over Ringless Voicemail
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class-action lawsuit for lack of standing after a plaintiff alleged the defendant sent her a pre-recorded messaging using ringless voicemail. A copy of the ruling in the case of Grigorian v. FCA US can …
Read More »Judge Denies MTD in Case Seeking to Invoke TCPA’s ATDS Provisions Were Invalid
On the same day, in the same District, two different judges issued opposing rulings on whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was unconstitutional between 2015 and 2020. The ruling in Hussain v. Sullivan Buick-Cadillac-GMS Truck, Inc. has already been discussed, and joined two other courts in determining that the statute …
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