Archive:April 22, 2014

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Eleventh Circuit Construes ‘Called Party’ Consent Provision of TCPA

Eleventh Circuit Construes ‘Called Party’ Consent Provision of TCPA

By Andrew Glass and Greg Blase

Courts continue to weigh in on the evolving body of law under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.  Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit joined the conversation on the issue of who may be considered the “called party” under the TCPA for purposes of providing consent to receive auto-dialed and pre-recorded voice calls placed to a wireless number.  The TCPA prohibits such calls to wireless phones without the “prior express consent of the called party.”

 

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