Posts tagged Telephone Consumer Protect Act.
In May 2013, a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida caused great concern among creditors and debt collectors by taking an unprecedented stance against the supremacy of orders issued by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") regarding the Telephone Consumer Protect Act ("TCPA"). In Mais v. Gulf Coast Collection Bureau, Inc., 944 F. Supp. 2d 1226 (S.D. Fla. 2013), Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr. granted partial summary judgment on the plaintiff's TCPA claims against the defendant, Gulf Coast, which had obtained the plaintiff's cell phone ...
Tags: eleventh circuit, Federal Communications Commission, Mais v. Gulf Coast Collection Bureau, tcpa, Telephone Consumer Protect Act