In line with the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) initiative to eliminate unnecessary rules, the FCC recently rendered its one-to-one Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) consent rule (“TCPA Rule”) dead by “deleting” it from its regulations. Earlier this year, readers may recall that a federal court ordered that the TCPA Rule be vacated. Now, the FCC […]
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On July 10, 2025, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (“DCP”) announced that it had reached a settlement with DraftKings following a gaming advertising-related investigation. Without admitting fault, DraftKings agreed to return over $3M to Connecticut consumers who signed up as a result of promotions advertising a “50% Casino Deposit Match” or “Casino Deposit Bonus.”
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Readers of this blog may recall a piece in which we discussed an unfavorable Ninth Circuit California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) internet wiretapping decision. Interestingly, the Ninth Circuit recently weighed in again on similar internet wiretapping claims, and this time, it reached a very different outcome. Below, we discuss the decision’s impact and its
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Does prior express written consent permit calls/texts to consumers during the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) proscribed quiet hours? As our readers know, the FCC is now considering this very issue insofar as it relates to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). In the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright, which
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On June 23, 2025, Nip & Tuck Plastic Surgery, LLC (“Defendant”) was sued in the Northern District of Georgia for allegedly violating the Do Not Call (“DNC”) provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). DNC compliance means that, in general, companies cannot place telemarketing calls to consumers who have registered their telephone numbers on
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Readers of this blog are not strangers to Daniel’s Law lawsuits filed by Atlas Data Privacy Corporation (“Atlas”). While waiting for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether Daniel’s Law is constitutional, a New Jersey federal court recently denied a motion to dismiss a Daniel’s Law lawsuit filed by Atlas against several companies
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Readers of this blog are aware of the barrage of California Invasion of Privacy (“CIPA”) claims brought against online companies. Recently, an unfavorable decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Ninth Circuit”) reversed the lower court’s dismissal of CIPA wiretapping claims. Below, we discuss the decision and its implications for future pixel tracking claims.
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Recently, an Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) lawsuit was filed against a healthcare marketer in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In Finley v. Altrua Ministries, Plaintiff claims that Altrua Ministries (“Defendant”) delivered at least five prerecorded messages that utilized AI-generative voice to his cellular phone. Because
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