Although TCPA litigation began to decline following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in Facebook v. Duguid, many states rejected…
Read MoreHear from M&S Partner and Litigation Director Lisa Messner how some industries – including real estate and auto dealerships – are seeing an uptick…
Read MoreResolution of class-based claims based on liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) often presents a complicated variety of factors, including publicity, court approval requirements, notice to government regulators, and potential for future liability. With statutory damages under the TCPA ranging…
Read More“The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.” — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day…
Read MoreFollowing the Federal Communications Commission's 2015 Omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order, which unsuccessfully attempted to clarify issues surrounding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"), there was a spike in litigation relating to the TCPA. In 2017, Dish Network was hit hard with…
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