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A Texas-based payment processor agreed on November 1 to pay $9 million to settle a putative class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in the United States District Court ...

The Court stated that the treble damages provision "requires the violator to know he was performing the conduct that violates the statute."

The Eleventh Circuit ruled that the TCPA's prohibition on prerecorded calling applies to numbers reassigned from a consenting subscriber to a new, presumably nonconsenting one.

On August 11, the Federal Communications Commission handed down a $2.96 million fine against Travel Club Marketing Inc., related entities, and owner Olen Miller, the largest fine in FCC history related to autodialed calls.

A federal district court in Connecticut recently ruled that a debt collector's 29 telephone calls to a debtor's home telephone over a period of 24 days was sufficient to establish a claim ...

On December 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard arguments in Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited ("IMC") v. Federal Communications Commission...

On October 20, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit delivered its opinion in Ybarra v. DISH Network, LLC ("DISH")...

Florida recently amended its existing telemarketing laws, the Florida Do Not Call Act and the Florida Telemarketing Act.

This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), formally announcing that the two agencies would coordinate their law enforcement efforts concerning consumer protection issues

The proposed order specifically bans the billing companies from adding charges for "enhanced services" such as e-mail or voicemail onto consumers' bills.

House Democrats have joined an effort to ensure that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ("TCPA") applies to calls to collect government-backed debt.

A government enforcement action against Charter Communications, Inc. for alleged violations of federal and state telecommunications laws has mostly withstood the first legal challenge.

On October 19, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against Charter Communications, Inc.

We are pleased to present our latest Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this issue's Regulatory Update, ...

On October 16, 2013, new FCC regulations will go into effect that introduce the requirement of prior express written consent for certain types of commercial phone calls and text messages to consumers

In a long-awaited decision, the United State Supreme Court issued a ruling in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511, on April 1, 2021, concluding that, to qualify as an autodialer under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA")...

According to the complaint in Ibrahim v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., defendants Sterircycle, Inc. and Stericycle Communication Solutions, Inc. violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act . . .