Troutman Sanders LLP

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Troutman Sanders LLP, founded in 1897, is an international law firm with over 700 attorneys serving clients from offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Hong Kong, Irvine, London, New York, Newark, Norfolk, Raleigh, Richmond, San Diego, Portland, Shanghai, Tysons Corner, Virginia Beach and Washington, D.C. The full-service firm provides advice and counsel in over 50 legal practice areas and is committed to delivering professional service throughout all its locations.

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Commercial Development and Real Estate Investments, Commercial Leasing, Community Association Law, Compensation and Employee Benefits, Complex Litigation, Construction, Corporate and Securities, Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, Financial Institutions, Governmental, Government Business Transactions, Healthcare, International, Labor and Employment, Lending and Structured Finance, Media and Entertainment, Multifamily Housing, Nuclear Regulation, Products Liability, Project Development and Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate Finance, Special Investigations, Tax, Technology and Intellectual Property, Technology and Intellectual Property Litigation, Telecommunications and E-Commerce, Tort Liability, Transportation, Trusts and Estates.

Tenth Circuit Rules Fax Requesting Employment Information Is Not Communication Under FDCPA
Elizabeth "Liz" S. Flowers,John C. Lynch,Ethan G. Ostroff, December 26, 2011
On December 21, 2011, the Tenth Circuit held that a facsimile sent to a debtor’s workplace requesting information about the debtor’s employment status is not a “communication” triggering liability under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The Court affirmed...

District Court Rules That Debt Collectors Are Exempt from the TCPA
Elizabeth "Liz" S. Flowers,John C. Lynch,Ethan G. Ostroff, December 1, 2011
On November 22, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant Accounts Receivable Management, Inc. (ARM) on a non-debtor’s claim that ARM repeatedly contacted him to collect the debt of another in violation of the federal Fair Debt...

Landmark Legislation to Amend TCPA and Allow Cell Phone Contact Introduced in the House of Representatives
David N. Anthony,Elizabeth "Liz" S. Flowers,John C. Lynch,Ethan G. Ostroff, October 3, 2011
On Thursday, September 22, 2011, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in an effort to solve the issue of allowing companies to contact consumers on their wireless numbers using predictive dialers. Significantly, the Act permits informational...

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