11th Circuit Holds That Contractual TCPA Consent Cannot Be Revoked

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I invented this argument years ago—I promise, I did—but it was made popular by the second circuit in Reyes v. Lincoln Financial Services: a consent provision contained in a written consumer contract cannot be unilaterally revoked anymore than any other term in a binding contract. So although TCPA consent can be revoked in most contexts, it cannot be revoked where it is provided by contract.

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The Eleventh Circuit has twice recognized that consent can be revoked in the absence of a contract but on Friday it clarified—as predicted—that contractual consent cannot be unilaterally revoked, following Reyes. The case is: Medley v. Dish Network, LLC, No. 18-13841 (11th Cir. May 1, 2020).

The holding: “common law contract principles do not allow unilateral revocation of consent when given as consideration in a bargained-for agreement.”

Boom.

This follows huge rulings out of the Eleventh Circuit narrowing TCPA claims by refusing to adopt a broad reading of ATDS and on Article III Standing. The TCPA cash cow is now officially hamburger in the Sunshine State folks.

More analysis to come.

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