Bipartisan support for legislation is rare to see in this political climate. One exception recently occurred with the enactment of the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, which amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) for purposes of prohibiting the sale of “trigger leads.” Below, we discuss the practice of selling “trigger leads,” the Homebuyers Privacy Protection […]
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Readers of our blog may recall a piece from last year in which we discussed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. At issue in Morris v. Lincare, Inc., among other things, was whether Morris’ prior express written consent provided to Lincare’s predecessor
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As a reminder, The Campaign Registry (“TCR”) continues to be mandatory for telephone numbers that are routed through a virtual phone service provider (“service provider”). The goal of TCR registration is to prevent spam and other unwanted messages from being delivered to consumers. Only after approval by its service provider, will a company’s 10-digit long
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On September 8, 2025, Bank of America (“Defendant”) was sued in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (“TCPA”) rules regarding the use of automatic telephone dialing systems (each, an “ATDS”). In Lopez v. Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff alleges that she received
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Our readers may recall a piece in which we discussed a surge in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) lawsuits filed by The Law Offices of Jibrael Hindi (“Hindi”). Hindi’s TCPA focus seemingly has shifted from the TCPA regulation discussing the times during which companies should typically call and text consumers, and has turned its attention
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On September 9, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) announced a multi-state investigation into businesses that fail to honor consumer opt-out requests. As our readers are aware, the CPPA protects the privacy rights of Californians by implementing and enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The large-scale privacy investigation will be conducted with assistance
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As our readers well know, one particular entity has sued a litany of companies for allegedly violating a New Jersey State privacy law known as Daniel’s Law. Our readers also know that many of these companies have appealed a decision from New Jersey’s district court in which the court upheld Daniel’s Law constitutionality. In an
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On August 26 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a useful decision for companies contesting National Do Not Call (“DNC”) claims. In Davis v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., the Court granted Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, finding that Plaintiff had not plausibly alleged that Defendant had placed multiple calls in
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