Dorsey’s TCPA Team Earns First-of-Its-Kind Order Staying Individual TCPA Case...
On June 14, 2016, Dorsey’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) litigation team secured a stay in an individual TCPA case in the Northern District of Georgia pending the D.C. Circuit’s decision...
View ArticleBack to Basics: What is an “ATDS,” Really?
Following the D.C. Circuit’s opinion in ACA Int’l v. FCC, No. 15-1211, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6535 at *9 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 16, 2018), members of the Bar on all sides have found themselves potentially...
View ArticlePSA: FCC Seeks Comment on Reassigned Number Databases and the Creation of a...
As we reported last month, on the heels of the D.C. Circuit’s ruling in ACA Int’l v. FCC, the D.C. Circuit has created a tabula rasa for the FCC’s treatment of reassigned numbers under the Telephone...
View ArticleThe Ever-Evolving Interpretation of an ATDS: Where Are We Now? (No, Really!)
On May 5, 2018, a broad range of 18 industry groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, including ACA International and members of the financial services industry, petitioned the FCC to seek clarity...
View ArticleSupreme Court has Opportunity to Reconcile Retroactivity Rulings: Will...
Does the amendment to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that insulates parties collecting federal debts “impair rights a party possessed when he acted,” if applied to dismiss a lawsuit pending when...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Rules an ATDS Need Only Have the Capacity to “Store Numbers to...
In Marks v. Crunch San Diego, No. 14-56834, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 26883 (9th Cir. Sept. 20, 2018), a three judge panel found “the term ‘automatic telephone dialing system’ means equipment which has the...
View ArticleCircuit Split Pronounced by District Court’s Application of Statutory...
While recent TCPA coverage has focused on the Ninth Circuit’s landmark ruling in Marks v. Crunch, a subsequent ruling from a New Jersey District Court serves has a reminder that (thankfully) the Ninth...
View ArticleFall is for Falling Leaves, Thanksgiving, and TCPA Omnibus II?
As this year speeds to a close, we are on pins and needles to see if the FCC will issue a ruling this Fall in the great ACA Int’l TCPA remand. After all, the FCC provided only two weeks for comment in...
View ArticleTCPA Roundup: A Week of Blockbuster News from the Supreme Court, the Ninth...
If you follow daily TCPA news like we do, your head is probably spinning from this week’s developments. We normally digest TCPA developments for our readers in a monthly e-newsletter. (If you’d like to...
View ArticleFCC Creates New TCPA Safe Harbor and Reassigned Phone Number Database
Dorsey’s team has been monitoring and reporting the latest happenings at the FCC, including the FCC’s draft order on the reassigned number database and its public comments during Monday’s Open...
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