How FCC Ruling Could Impact Viability Of TCPA Fax Cases

By Lewis Wiener and Alexander Fuchs (July 19, 2018, 12:08 PM EDT) -- In a decision that may have ripple effects in other pending Telephone Consumer Protection Act actions, on June 2, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued a stay in Scoma Chiropractic PA v. Dental Equities LLC, a junk fax case brought against MasterCard International Inc., pending a ruling from the Federal Communications Commission regarding whether online fax services, allow a recipient to receive facsimiles by computer, fall within the scope of "telephone facsimile machines," or TFMs under the act....

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