TCPA

New TCPA Rules Effective October 16, 2013

  Will Your Marketing Campaign Be the Target of a Class Action Lawsuit or Regulatory Investigation for Failure to Comply With Recent Revisions to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act?   What is the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”)? The TCPA[1] was passed into law in 1991. The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) is empowered to issue […]

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Federal Court’s Certification of TCPA Class for Alleged Text Message Spam May Result in Numerous Copycat Class Actions

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 227 et seq. (“TCPA”) provides for, inter alia, statutory damages to individuals who receive unsolicited telemarketing calls, unsolicited faxes, prerecorded calls or autodialed calls. The TCPA has been interpreted in recent years to also prohibit the sending of unsolicited text messages to personal cell phones – unless

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