We are always on the lookout for the latest trends in TCPA litigation here at TCPAWorld.com.

Obviously the biggest trend right now is a massive increase in TCPA class actions– up over 100% year over year.

Also seeing a BIG increase in revocation suits.

But one type of case that has ALWAYS been with us, albeit without much fanfare, are suits arising out of app publishers that push SMS messages to contacts in consumer phones.

To highlight just how not new this phenomenon is, it was a central issue in the FCC’s omnibus ruling way back in 2015.

There the Commission held companies like GroupMe (who?) that automatically synch to a users contact list at the push of a button and send messages inviting them to join the app were potentially liable for TCPA violations caused by their users. In

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