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The Sixth Circuit Adopts Expansive Interpretation of ATDS

USA - August 11 2020 In Allan v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, the Sixth Circuit weighed in on the definition of an ATDS, joining the Second and Ninth…

Supreme Court Strikes Government-Debt Exception But Saves Other Restrictions on Automated Telephone Equipment

USA - July 8 2020 On July 6, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated—and highly fractured—ruling in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants…

Supreme Court Issues Highly Anticipated First Amendment Ruling in Barr v. AAPC

USA - July 6 2020 This morning, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants. The…

FCC Issues Declaratory Ruling Regarding Whether P2P Text Messaging Platforms Are Autodialers

USA - June 30 2020 On June 25, 2020, the FCC issued a that granted a Petition that had been filed in 2018 by the P2P Alliance—a “coalition of providers and users of…

D.C. High Court Holds that Businesses Do Not Face Strict Liability for Junk Faxes Advertising Their Products, Agency Principles Apply

USA - April 16 2020 FDS Restaurant, Inc. v. All Plumbing, Inc., No. 16-CV-1009, 2020 WL 1465919 (D.C. Mar. 26, 2020) In a recent TCPA junk-fax case, the District of…

Seventh Circuit Remands $280 Million TCPA Penalty Against DISH Network, LLC

USA - April 6 2020 The Seventh Circuit recently issued an opinion with significant implications for defendants evaluating the prospects for due process challenges to…

Court Holds That Text-Messaging System Must Be Able to Randomly or Sequentially Generate Numbers to Qualify as an ATDS

USA - October 3 2019 The Northern District of Illinois recently entered summary judgment against a group of plaintiffs because it found the system at issue was not an…

SEC: Here Is When Loss Contingencies Must Be Disclosed and Reserved

USA - October 2 2019 When confronted with government inquiries, public companies commonly grapple with the issue of when events have escalated to the point that they are…

Compliance Officers Beware: Your Conversations With the NFA During Examinations Could Lead to Charges

USA - September 18 2019 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) sent a strong message to Chief Compliance Officers (“CCO”) this week when it held a CCO held…

The SEC Files Another Litigated Disclosure Case - With More Violations

USA - September 11 2019 On August 29, 2019, the SEC filed a complaint against a registered investment adviser alleging failures to disclose four categories of conflicts of…