---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <8ca302f7-5d9f-c82b-ff28-aa977ba15740@billhorne.com> Date: 25 Sep 2020 13:06:46 -0400 From: Bill Horne <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Zillow [Goes] Up the List of Top Robocallers Zillow Up the List of Top Robocallers: 9MM Calls in August, 2020 Make Zillow 5th Largest Robocaller in the Nation (Maybe) The working assumption is that these are alerts to agents notifying them of potential homes coming onto the market or potential home buyers expressing interest in services, but given the massive volume - nearly 9mm calls in one month - the volume of alerts seems exceptionally high. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/zillow-rockets-list-top-robocallers-9mm-calls-august-2020-make-zillow-5th-largest -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <637dab77-6fb7-ee59-328a-cb35fe1cb111@billhorne.com> Date: 25 Sep 2020 13:13:57 -0400 From: Bill Horne <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: EU: ICO fines pensions advisory company for 100,000+ cold calls CPS Advisory Limited, a Swansea-based advice company, has been fined £130,000 from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for making over 100,000 calls to people without lawful authority between 11 January 2019 and 30 April 2019. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ico-fines-pensions-advisory-company-100000-cold-calls -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <d2cee94b-889c-6a2e-86d8-cef75c5081b3@billhorne.com> Date: 25 Sep 2020 12:57:50 -0400 From: Bill Horne <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: A Divided Eleventh Circuit Holds that Incentive Awards are Prohibited In a decision that may have far-reaching consequences, a divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit ruled that incentive awards to named plain- tiffs - which are routine in TCPA and other class action settlements - are improper. See Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC, No. 18-12344, 2020 WL 5553312, at *1 (11th Cir. Sept. 17, 2020). Despite acknowledging that incentive payments are commonplace in modern class action litigation, the majority held that such awards are prohibited under "on-point Supreme Court precedent" from the late 1800s and required reversal of the district court's approval of a $1.4 million class settlement. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/divided-eleventh-circuit-holds-incentive-awards-are-prohibited -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <88c92786-cd10-62f2-a26c-55c14a9af027@billhorne.com> Date: 25 Sep 2020 13:31:22 -0400 From: Bill Horne <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Laughing All the Way to the Bank - TCPA Defendant Pays $75,400.00 for One Call Case Laughing All the Way to the Bank - TCPA Defendant Pays $75,400.00 for One Call Case Explaining Precisely Why There Are So Many Frivolous TCPA Cases Out There Just last week I wrote about how the Eleventh Circuit is trying to take away incentive for TCPA class actions since they are clogging the dockets of federal courts across the country. Well, for those of you out there that wonder how we ended up here in the first place, boy do I have a story for you. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/laughing-all-way-to-bank-tcpa-defendant-pays-7540000-one-call-case-explaining -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 28 Sep 2020