---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190313165544.GA10747@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:55:44 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Defendant Flips Repeat TCPA Litigant With Fraud Kung Fu Always Say 'Allegedly' At first glance, it's just a run-of-the-mill Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action. Back in early 2018, Georgia citizen Ricky Franklin sued Upland Software, a Texas company, for allegedly sending more than 20 unwelcome text messages to his phone. In his complaint, he claims that he had never "provided his cellular phone number to the Defendant or given his prior express consent to be called, whether on his own or on behalf of any third party." http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=787354&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190313164905.GA10648@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:49:05 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Canada enforces "Distracted Driving" law Charges for distracted driving were widened in scope by including cell and smart phones in the definition of "hand held electronic" and "wireless electronic" devices in the Traffic Safety Act. R v Ahmed, 2019 ABQB 13, per Henderson, J. [4302] FACTS AND ISSUES: The Respondent Ahmed, was holding a cell phone in his hand while operating a motor vehicle. He would alternate between looking at the road and his phone, and on this basis was stopped by a police officer and charged with "distracted driving" contrary to s 115.1(1)(b) of the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, c T-6, Section 115.1 provides as follows: http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=787458&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190313170314.GA10811@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 17:03:14 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Insights And News - Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) This month, Mintz's TCPA Digest reviews the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) adoption of a proposal to extend the Truth in Caller ID rules to calls originating outside the United States, and to expand the scope of covered communications services. The Digest also covers the FCC's first-ever report on illegal robocalls, the push for call authentication and call blocking technology, and the renewed push in Congress to pass the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=786906&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 14 Mar 2019