PDR Network, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc.

  1. June 21, 2019

    High Court Punt Plunges TCPA Suits Into Greater Uncertainty

    Businesses and consumers are bracing for a wave of conflicting court decisions over the contours of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday failed to deliver much-needed clarity on who has the final say on how the law is interpreted.

  2. June 20, 2019

    High Court Punts On FCC Deference Fight In TCPA Row

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to resolve whether federal courts have the power to scrutinize agency orders such as the Federal Communications Commission's numerous interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, finding that the issues in the case hadn't been properly vetted by the lower courts.

  3. March 25, 2019

    Justices Wary Of Curbing Courts' Power In Deference Fight

    Several U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared hesitant Monday to completely strip federal courts of their ability to weigh Federal Communications Commission determinations, pointing to the Federal Register's length and small font size in voicing their concerns with limiting judicial review of orders that potential challengers encountered too late.

  4. March 22, 2019

    TCPA 'Merely A Pawn' In High Court Deference Fight

    The ability of companies and consumers to challenge agency rulings will take center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, as the justices weigh whether federal courts or regulators such as the Federal Communications Commission should have the final say on what the law means, in this case the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

  5. March 22, 2019

    Up Next At High Court: Too Much Deference To Fed Agencies?

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two significant cases of administrative law this week as it wraps up its March argument session, both asking whether courts are giving federal agencies too much leeway to interpret rules and laws.

  6. March 12, 2019

    FCC Can't Have Final Word On TCPA, High Court Told

    The Supreme Court must rein in interpretations of the Hobbs Act that hand the Federal Communications Commission the final word in parsing the meaning of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a health information service accused of sending unsolicited faxes has told the high court.

  7. March 04, 2019

    Gov't Can Back FCC's Final Say In TCPA Fight At High Court

    The Supreme Court said Monday that the U.S. solicitor general may take part in oral arguments in support of a chiropractic clinic arguing before the high court that the Federal Communications Commission has the final say in interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

  8. February 15, 2019

    TCPA Challengers Can't Go Around Gov't, High Court Told

    The federal government has jumped into a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the proper channel for challenging the Federal Communications Commission's reading of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, arguing that private litigants aren't allowed to go around the government to launch collateral attacks on the validity of agency orders. 

  9. February 07, 2019

    FCC's Power To Interpret TCPA Undisputed, High Court Told

    A chiropractic group urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to dump a junk fax dispute challenging whether the Federal Communications Commission should have the final word on interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, arguing the petitioner has abandoned the circuit split argument that convinced the high court to take up the issue. 

  10. January 16, 2019

    FCC Final Say On Ad Rules Cripples Businesses, Justices Told

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, six states and a handful of government associations warned the U.S. Supreme Court that letting the Federal Communications Commission have the final word on the interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act strips companies of a key defense amid the unrelenting stream of TCPA class actions.

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