A federal court in California dismissed a massive international class action lawsuit against Meta and WhatsApp after finding that plaintiffs relied on anonymous whistleblower claims without providing sufficient factual detail to support allegations that the company secretly accesses users' encrypted messages. While the court rejected most claims for failing to meet pleading standards, it also denied Meta's motion for sanctions and ruled that foreign users can pursue claims under U.S. privacy laws.

Troutman Amin, LLP is the official law firm of Cal Athletics and we are so excited to welcome GM Coach Ron Rivera to the show to provide a GREAT breakdown of Cal's 2026 football season.

TopGolf faces a TCPA class action lawsuit for allegedly sending unwanted marketing text messages before 8 a.m. Pacific time, violating federal regulations on permissible calling hours.

The Deserve to Win team breaks down the huge combination of Contact Center Compliance with PureCaller ID to create Sonera with CEOs Ron Allen, Derek Oberholtzer and Mark Mitchell.

A federal court in Arizona denied Avid Telecom's attempt to depose non-lead state attorneys general in a massive 48-state TCPA and consumer protection lawsuit, ruling that states relying on common facts already covered by lead states are shielded from duplicative Rule 30(b)(6) depositions. The decision establishes a high bar for defendants seeking to depose individual state governments in multi-state regulatory actions, allowing non-lead states to avoid the burden and expense of separate depositions.

The Southern District of California recently granted a motion to stay proceedings in a case involving CIPA violations related to website tracking pixels, pending the outcome of a California state appellate court decision.

California's legislature has passed Senate Bill 690, a groundbreaking law that retroactively eliminates pen register CIPA cases related to website usage, fundamentally reshaping the landscape of privacy...

A California appellate court affirmed the dismissal of Vivek Shah's default judgment against marketing agency Wpromote, finding critical gaps between his boilerplate CIPA allegations and the actual facts pled. The decision highlights how Shah's pattern of cookie-tracking lawsuits continues to unravel when courts apply proper scrutiny to whether his complaints substantively support the legal claims being made.

A California court ruled that merchant funders sending false loan approval emails may violate advertising laws and allowed a law firm's TCPA Do Not Call claim to proceed despite the business nature of the phone line.

A federal court in New York granted Yahoo's motion to compel arbitration in a class action privacy lawsuit, finding that plaintiffs who created accounts or continued using Yahoo services after 2018 validly agreed...

Molina Healthcare settles a TCPA class action lawsuit for $1.93 million involving prerecorded calls made to wrong numbers. The settlement highlights how healthcare companies can avoid costly litigation...

When a consumer responds "Stop" to a text message, does that revocation extend to phone calls as well? A federal judge in Florida recently addressed this critical question in a TCPA class action, examining whether an SMS opt-out request requires businesses to cease all contact across multiple channels or only applies to text messages.

A popular fast-food chain known for its chicken sandwiches and Sunday closures faces allegations of sending unauthorized text messages to consumers in violation of federal telecommunications regulations. The lawsuit claims messages were sent during restricted hours without proper consent, potentially affecting a broader class of recipients.

O'Reilly Auto Parts and its BigLaw counsel agreed to pay $18.8 million to settle a TCPA class action involving SMS messages to numbers on the DNC list, despite the claim potentially being invalid under recent Seventh Circuit precedent. The settlement, reached just weeks after oral arguments suggested SMS messages may not constitute "telephone calls" under the TCPA, could result in over $6.2 million in attorney fees while class members receive modest payouts for claims that may not legally exist.

A Michigan federal court ruled that WinRed, a political contribution platform, cannot be held liable under the TCPA for illegal text messages sent by political campaigns using its payment processing services. The decision hinged on WinRed's role as a backend payment processor rather than a text messaging platform, with the court rejecting vicarious liability claims since messages were merely "powered by" rather than sent "on behalf of" WinRed.

A federal court has issued an extraordinary preservation order requiring attorney Heidarpour and serial TCPA plaintiff Chet Wilson to retain all devices and communications related to TCPA litigation.

A federal court examines whether AI meeting assistants like Otter.AI function as invited participants or third-party eavesdroppers under California privacy law. The ruling hinges on a critical distinction: does the AI tool merely transcribe conversations for participants, or does it retain and repurpose recorded content for its own commercial benefit, such as training machine learning models?

A federal court dismissed a TCPA class action lawsuit filed by PLG Damage Attorneys after the plaintiff's counsel failed to serve the complaint and summons on the defendant within the required timeframe...

A historic podcast episode captures attorney Tori Guidry's live elevation to partner at Troutman Amin, LLP, while telecom veteran Rick Ruth discusses his new book on the evolution of spam...

The FCC has issued a warning to RGTN USA Inc. for allegedly allowing fraudulent robocall traffic onto U.S. networks, revealing how overseas scam calls infiltrate domestic telecommunications through intermediary carriers. The case exposes a complex chain involving foreign operators GUGU and SwissXperts, with calls impersonating law enforcement agencies and major corporations like Coinbase and Amazon.