In Meyer v. Portfolio Recovery Associates (Oct. 12, 2012), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Southern District of California’s decision to provisionally certify a class and grant a preliminary injunction against Portfolio Recovery Associates (“PRA”), a debt collector alleged to be in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227, by calling California debtors’ wireless phones without their prior express consent.
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