The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Howard v. Republican National Committee (RNC) offering two important interpretations of the applicability of the TCPA to certain text message communications.
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Ninth Circuit Holds that Texts Are "Calls" Under the TCPA But Embedded Videos Are Not Recorded Messages

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