Tag Archives: ATDS

A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed class-action claims made by a plaintiff that debt collection calls made by a creditor to a consumer’s cell phone without consent in an attempt to reach the plaintiff’s brother violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act because the equipment used by the defendant …

A District Court judge in California has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss with prejudice and motion compel arbitration in a class-action case alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act over an unpaid credit card debt. A copy of the lengthy 45-page ruling …

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 …

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 …

A District Court judge in Washington, D.C., has granted a collection agency’s request for a stay in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case pending the outcome of a Supreme Court case that will seek to define how an Automated Telephone Dialing System is defined under the statute. A copy of …

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 — …

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A Pennsylvania man has filed a lawsuit alleging he received 343 debt collection calls on his cell phone after he revoked his consent to be contacted, accusing the defendant of willfully violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. A copy of the complaint in Kearney v. Bank of America can be …

A District Court judge in Arizona has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making collection calls to the plaintiff using an automated telephone dialing system. A copy of the ruling in McCullough v. Maximum Title Loans LLC can …