Fourth Circuit Rules Debt Collector Violated ‘Call Charged’ Section of TCPA for Using an ATDS to Call a Residential Landline
Richmond partners David Anthony and Alan Wingfield, and Virginia Beach associate Ethan Ostroff had their article “Fourth Circuit Rules Debt Collector Violated ‘Call Charged’ Section of TCPA for Using an ATDS to Call a Residential Landline” published December 9 on TerraLex.
“In the beginning of October, the Fourth Circuit issued an unpublished opinion holding a debt collector's autodialed calls to a residential landline with VoIP service violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, due to the fact that the consumer was charged for each call,” the trio state.