Mark B. Blocker, Author at Data Matters Privacy Blog

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08 07 '20

Two Rulings in Two Weeks on the TCPA’s Autodialer Restrictions

July 8, 2020/in FCC, Litigation, Policy, TCPA/by Mark B. Blocker

The last two weeks have brought two important (although unrelated) rulings on the TCPA’s Autodialer Restrictions. First, on June 25, the Federal Communications Commission limited the applicability of the autodialer […]

10 09 '19

11th Circuit Rules Single Text Message Not Sufficient for Article III Standing

September 10, 2019/in Litigation, TCPA/by Mark B. Blocker

Creating a circuit split, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that receiving a single unwanted text message is not enough to confer standing, even if […]

24 07 '15

FCC Issues Far-Reaching TCPA Declaratory Ruling

July 24, 2015/in AdTech, FCC, Litigation, Marketing, TCPA, Telemarketing/by Mark B. Blocker

An already active TCPA class action bar is sure to become even more active after a significant Declaratory Ruling and Order from the FCC that, among other points, broadened what […]