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  1. July 06, 2020

    Justices Keep TCPA Litigation Machine Churning For Now

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday fueled the already booming Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation landscape by expanding the universe of illegal robocalls, but the fragmented nature of the ruling and unanswered questions about a key statutory term leave the door open for companies to fight back.

  2. July 06, 2020

    Supreme Court Strikes Down TCPA Debt Call Carveout

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's sweeping ban on autodialed calls to cellphones, but found that an exception to that prohibition for calls made to collect federally backed debts must fall, rejecting an argument that would have drastically reduced the flood of litigation under the decades-old statute.

  3. May 06, 2020

    Justices Search For Right Robocall Balance In TCPA Fight

    The U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared generally in agreement that exempting robocalls to collect government-backed debt from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's automated call ban was unconstitutional, but struggled with whether the proper remedy was to stop debt collectors from skirting the restriction or allow more businesses to make such calls.

  4. May 05, 2020

    What To Watch As High Court Tackles TCPA's Autodialer Ban

    The U.S. Supreme Court is gearing up to consider the constitutionality of the most litigation-fueling provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a challenge that will not only raise thorny First Amendment issues, but could also drastically transform the liability that companies face for placing autodialed calls. 

  5. April 27, 2020

    Feds Dig In On Bid For High Court To Preserve TCPA Call Ban

    The federal government made its final pitch Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of remote oral arguments slated for next week in a fight over the constitutionality of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, reiterating its assertion that the statute's sweeping ban on autodialed calls doesn't raise any First Amendment concerns.

  6. April 01, 2020

    Facebook, Chamber Back Bid To Strike TCPA Autodialer Ban

    Facebook, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more than a half-dozen others have joined the push to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's autodialer ban, arguing that axing the entire speech-abridging provision is the only way to properly remedy First Amendment deficiencies.

  7. March 30, 2020

    Charter Says TCPA Suit Should Wait For High Court, 2nd Circ.

    Charter Communications Inc. pressed a Connecticut federal judge to pause a proposed class action alleging the telecom giant made illegal debt-collection robocalls to noncustomers, saying that upcoming "critical decisions" by the U.S. Supreme Court and Second Circuit "cut to the heart" of the case.

  8. March 25, 2020

    Entire TCPA Autodialer Ban Should Be Axed, High Court Told

    Political groups challenging the constitutionality of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's blanket ban on autodialed calls to cellphones are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the entire litigation-fueling provision, arguing that merely severing an exemption for government-backed debt calls would not cure First Amendment issues.

  9. March 02, 2020

    Lawmakers Back TCPA In High Court Constitutionality Fight

    The Senate Democrat who authored the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, more than a dozen of his congressional colleagues and Verizon are among those urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a constitutional challenge to the statute's blanket ban on autodialed calls to cellphones, arguing that invalidating the provision would have a "devastating impact" on consumers. 

  10. January 15, 2020

    How The High Court Could Reshape The TCPA's Future

    The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act could drastically transform how the statute is wielded in court and spur a perpetually divided Congress to craft a new set of robocall restrictions.

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