This summer has been jam-packed with Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) developments. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a decision finding that peer-to-peer text messaging systems were exempt from the statue’s reach, using certain language that may be helpful in arguing to exclude other types of technology.[1] The U.S. Supreme Court declared the statute unconstitutional in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc.,[2] only to determine that the unconstitutional provision was severable, thus saving the statute and, in fact ...
On July 2, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court issued its ruling Jackson v. Household Finance Corporation III, et al., SC18-357, 2020 WL 3580036, and provided new guidance for record authentication under the business records exception to the hearsay rule. At issue in the case was whether or not a testifying employee properly authenticated business records maintained by HSBC with respect to a mortgage loan account. The Florida Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the lender resolves a split of authority in Florida on the quantum of proof necessary to access the business records exception ...