Ninth Circuit Hands Two Losses to TCPA Class Action Defendants

Edited by Archis A. Parasharami and Kevin S. Ranlett

Keywords: Chesbro v. Best Buy Stores LP, Meyer v. Porfolio Recovery Assocs. LLC, motion for summary judgment, Ninth Circuit, preliminary injunction, privacy, Telephone Consumer Protection Act

October has been a good month to be a plaintiff in a class action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") in the Ninth Circuit. Twice this month, that court has issued pro-plaintiff rulings, upholding a preliminary injunction against one defendant and reversing a district court's grant of summary judgment to another defendant. See Meyer v. Portfolio Recovery Assocs., LLC, No. 11-56600 (9th Cir. Oct. 12, 2012); Chesbro v. Best Buy Stores, LP, No. 11-35784 (9th Cir. Oct. 17, 2012).