When the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 was enacted, it offered a means to counter the actions of both telemarketers and aggressive collection agencies. By placing limitations on robo-calls, the Act gave consumers potential for relief from... Read More

A new type of Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) class action is now being filed in volume. This trend is highly likely to continue, as the cases are being filed by a consumer class action firm that has filed hundreds of class actions under the Telephone... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 28 heard oral arguments in an appeal of an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a consumer's Telephone Consumer Protection Act ... Read More

By Mark J. Levin | The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide a case that could alter the landscape of federal class action litigation. Granting the defendant’s petition for certiorari in Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez , the Court will review... Read More

SEATTLE - (Mealey's) Student loan borrowers and a subsidiary of SLM Corp. on Sept. 17 agreed to settle claims that the subsidiary violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by making a number of non-emergency autodialed calls and/or automated... Read More

In a case of first impression, the New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that a single plaintiff could not prosecute a class action to enforce the provisions of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"), 47 U.S.C. § 227... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18 agreed to hear the appeal filed in a lawsuit against a company allegedly responsible for instructing or allowing a third-party vendor to send unsolicited text messages on behalf... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991's (TCPA) "permissive grant of jurisdiction to state courts" does not deprive federal district courts of federal question jurisdiction over private TCPA lawsuits... Read More

The Supreme Court recently confirmed that private rights of action for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") may be brought in either federal or state courts. On January 18, 2012, a unanimous Court decided Mims v. Arrow... Read More

Have you ever received unsolicited advertising in the form of a text message? These forms of solicitations may be illegal under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") which restricts telephone solicitations and the use of automated telephone... Read More

By Perrie Michael Weiner , Anahit Tagvoryan and Esteban Morales Throughout 2013 and into the new year, the plaintiffs’ bar has continued to file a steady stream of privacy-related class action claims. With statutes such as California’s... Read More