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New Limits on Predictive Dialers: Florida Enacts Its Version of the TCPA

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The statute contains a large number of exemptions, including many broad categories. Similar to the TCPA itself, violations of CS/SB 1120 provide $500 in damages per call, which can be trebled to $1,500 per call for willful violations; injunctive relief is also an available remedy.

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Federally-Backed Debt Collection Exception Not The Supreme Court’s Cup Of T(CPA)

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The Government conceded that it could not satisfy strict scrutiny to justify the differentiation between government-debt collection speech and other categories of robocall speech, such as political speech, charitable fundraising, issue advocacy, commercial advertising, etc., Town of Gilbert , 576 U. 155, 163 (2015)). and the Court agreed.

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Federally-Backed Debt Collection Exception Not The Supreme Court’s Cup Of T(CPA)

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The Government conceded that it could not satisfy strict scrutiny to justify the differentiation between government-debt collection speech and other categories of robocall speech, such as political speech, charitable fundraising, issue advocacy, commercial advertising, etc., Town of Gilbert , 576 U. 155, 163 (2015)). and the Court agreed.

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CDC, Biden Announce 60-Day Eviction Moratorium in High-Risk Areas

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Like the other aggrieved property owners whose objections sparked the federal cases discussed in our previous alert, the Skyworks plaintiffs, a group of property managers and landlords, first filed suit for injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment in October 2020. and the Act’s] text does not authorize such boundless action.”