July 2017

Have You Been Threatened with an ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuit?

July 28, 2017 Many business owners are familiar with Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requirements for physical structures, such as including wheelchair-accessible routes of travel in restaurants.  However, it is less commonly known that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and class action plaintiffs’ attorneys have interpreted the ADA to apply to website accessibility as […]

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Spotify’s Automatic Renewal Problem Continues

July 27, 2017 Spotify USA, Inc.’s (“Spotify”) efforts to have class action claims regarding its automatic renewal practices dismissed were recently denied by a federal court in California.  The decision represents another data point in the recent upward trend of class action lawsuits involving claimed violations of California’s Automatic Renewal Law (“ARL”). How do Spotify’s

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Twilio Narrowly Avoids TCPA Lawsuit Liability

July 17, 2017 On July 12, 2017, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington dismissed a putative class action complaint filed against Twilio, Inc. (“Twilio”), alleging that the platform had violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).  In the underlying complaint, the named plaintiff alleged that he had received an unsolicited

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New Canada Anti-Spam Law (CASL) Regulations Take Effect

July 13, 2017 This month marks a significant milestone for Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (“CASL”), which was passed into law in 2010 and became effective in 2014.  CASL, which is widely regarded as the strictest anti-spam legislation in the world, prohibits all commercial electronic messages (“CEMs”) that are sent to or from Canada without proper consumer consent,

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Indiana’s Slow Implementation of Fantasy Sports Law

July 10, 2017 It has been a year since Indiana’s fantasy sports law went into effect.  Nevertheless, in that time, the Hoosier State has only issued fantasy sports licenses to three operators, while alerting several other companies to cease their Indiana-related operations for lack of licensure. Why have so few fantasy sports operators obtained licenses

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App Provider Escapes TCPA Liability for User-Initiated Text Message Marketing

July 7, 2017 Last month, the federal district court in San Diego dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against mobile app provider Poshmark, Inc. (“Poshmark”) in connection with text message marketing delivered via the Poshmark app. How can text message marketers protect themselves from TCPA liability?

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TCPA Consent Can be Revoked?  One Court Says Not So Fast!

July 6, 2017 On June 22, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that consent provided by consumers to businesses within the meaning of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) cannot be revoked if such consent was “part of a bargained-for exchange” in a written contract.  Specifically, the Court asked,

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