Colorado District Court Holds Retroactive Application of Supreme Court’s TCPA Severance Violates Ex Post Facto Clause and Due Process

Joining the growing ranks of numerous district court opinions analyzing the effect of the Supreme Court’s 2020 severance of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) government-debt exception, a district court in Colorado has reasoned that the severance operates retroactively, while also recognizing the severe constitutional problems raised by that conclusion. The result is a holding that essentially says the severance both is and is not retroactive....
By: Troutman Pepper

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