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Ninth Circuit severs the “debt collection” exemption of the TCPA in dispute over social media text messages

By Max Kellogg (US) on October 31, 2019 Posted in Privacy

On June 13, 2019, the 9th Circuit handed down a decision in Duguid v. Facebook, Inc., 926 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2019), which has at least partially brought into question the future of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Around January 2014 Facebook started sending Noah Duguid sporadic text messages, alerting Duguid that an unrecognized … Continue reading

Federal judge limits advertisement on social media in trade dress lawsuit

By Max Kellogg (US) on May 22, 2019 Posted in General

On April 10, 2019, a Texas federal judge granted Sparrow Barns & Events an emergency temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in a trade dress and copyright infringement case, preventing defendant Ruth Farm from advertising its venue rental business on social media and the internet. Sparrow Barns & Events, LLC v. Ruth Farm Inc., No. … Continue reading