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 …
Read More »Consumer Advocates, State AGs Line Up Behind Plaintiff in TCPA ATDS Appeals Case
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 »Compliance Digest – January 11
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Read More »Compliance Digest – December 28
I’m thrilled to announce that Bedard Law Group is the new sponsor for the Compliance Digest. Bedard Law Group, P.C. – Compliance Support – Defense Litigation – Nationwide Complaint Management – Turnkey Speech Analytics. And Our New BLG360 Program – Your Low Monthly Retainer Compliance Solution. Visit www.bedardlawgroup.com, email John H. Bedard, Jr., or call (678) 253-1871. Every week, …
Read More »Plaintiff Seeking $700k in Damages For Receiving 343 Collection Calls After Revoking Consent
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 …
Read More »Judge Denies MTD in TCPA Case Over Use of ATDS
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 …
Read More »Judge Grants MSJ For Defense in Ruling that All Predictive Dialers are Not ATDS’s
A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted summary judgment to a defendant that was accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by contacting an individual on his cell phone after he had revoked consent to be contacted, because the defendant was not using an automated telephone dialing system. …
Read More »Judge Denies Motion to Stay TCPA Case To See How FCC Defines Autodialer
A District Court judge in California has denied a defendant’s motion to stay a case accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in order to wait for a new definition of automated telephone dialing system from the Federal Communications Commission, ruling that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals …
Read More »Judge Grants Summary Judgment For Defense in TCPA ATDS Case
A student loan servicer has won summary judgment after it was accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automated telephone dialing system to contact the plaintiff. A copy of the ruling in Collins v. National Student Loan Program can be accessed by clicking here. During the …
Read More »Lawmakers Reach Out to FCC To Remove TCPA Exemption For Government-Related Debt Collections
Two Senators and two members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, urging the agency to no longer exempt companies collecting debts owed to or guaranteed by the federal government from complying with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. …
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