Lemberg Law is just one example of the professional litigants flooding contact centers and their clients with TCPA and related lawsuits. They have automated the process of documenting complaints from consumers with a Legal Call Blocker application that allows consumer to file complaints directly from their wireless devices. Here are some startling facts: Collected over $30… Continue reading Meet Lemberg Law: Top TCPA Professional Plaintiff
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2 Recent Cases Address ATDS Definition in Helpful Way
McKenna v. WhisperText. The defendant sent text messages to the plaintiff at the direction of third parties.
Glauser v. GroupMe. The plaintiff was added to a text message group by a third party.
Twitter Loses Motion to Dismiss in Nunes v. Twitter TCPA case
Twitter recently had their motion to dismiss denied in a case that presents several alarming legal trends for the call center industry. Two primary issues stand out in this case. First, the number that received a text message from Twitter was a “recycled” number. The previous user had apparently consented to receive texts from Twitter,… Continue reading Twitter Loses Motion to Dismiss in Nunes v. Twitter TCPA case
Happy New year from the TCPA!
2014 saw an increase in TCPA litigation, especially class action litigation, as well as significant FTC and FCC enforcement. In 2014, we grappled with what the new “written consent” standard meant, and dozens of TCPA-related petitions were filed with the FCC. New risks related to VoIP and wireless lines emerged. What does 2015 have in… Continue reading Happy New year from the TCPA!
Contact Center Compliance Announces Litigator Scrub®
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TCPA Compliance Case Update: Favorable ruling in California on ATDS Issue and Fax Opt Out Clarified by FCC
In the case of Marks v. Crunch Sand Diego, LLC., the court held that the defendant’s web-based system that was used to send text messages was not an automatic telephone dialing system.
TCPA Wireless Compliance Cliff: Lessons Learned One Year Later
One year ago today, significant TCPA changes involving cell phones and autodialers went into effect, forever changing our industry. So, what is the state of the regulatory environment one year after the TCPA compliance cliff?
Watch out when Calling VoIP phone numbers. TCPA Case Makes it More Dangerous than Ever
The district court found that the TCPA provision that prohibits calls to “any telephone number assigned to … any service for which the called party is charged for the call” applied to the calls to the plaintiff’s VOIP line because the plaintiff was charged per call.
Updates on Consent in Recent TCPA Cases
Albert A. Nigro v. Mercantile Adjustment Bureau. The FCC argued in their brief that the plaintiff had not consented to receive autodialed or prerecorded debt collection calls, by providing their number to the utility company as part of his effort to close a deceased family members’ account.
Court Struggles in Interpreting the TCPA
On July 7, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Kolinek v. Walgreen Co. issued an order vacating its earlier order dismissing the case. The court found that it had previously misinterpreted the FCC’s definition of “prior express consent.” The court’s previous decision had effectively held that as a general rule, “when… Continue reading Court Struggles in Interpreting the TCPA