Karen S. Hockstad

More States Adding Tougher Telephone Consumer Protection Act Statutes

USA - July 18 2022 Two more states have followed Florida’s lead in adopting laws restricting telephone solicitations. Washington State’s new law went into effect on…

Oklahoma Adopts Mini Telephone Consumer Protection Act

USA - June 1 2022 Oklahoma joins Florida in passing its own version of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) called the “Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022…

Eighth Circuit Finds Text Messaging System did not Violate Telephone Consumer Protection Act

USA - April 11 2022 Recently, in Beal v. Outfield Brew House, LLC, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 7748 (8th Cir. Mar. 24, 2022) the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld two…

Ripple Effects of Supreme Court’s TCPA Decision Still Developing for Companies Using Auto-Dialers

USA - June 23 2021 If you work in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) space, you are certainly aware of the landmark unanimous decision by the United States…

United States Supreme Court Exempts Certain Technology from the TCPA

USA - April 6 2021 In Facebook v. Duguid, (Case No. 19-511) on April 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that equipment without the capacity…

Richik Sarkar