N.Y. Federal Judge: Federal Communications Act Doesn’t Preempt State Statute

Mealey's (June 14, 2018, 11:12 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on June 7 granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by a company hit with a class action for attempting to collect on unpaid telephone bills, finding that Section 415 of the Federal Communications Act (FCA) does not preempt New York’s six-year statute of limitations (Yannsi Espinal v. AFNI, Inc., No. 17-3439, S.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95996)....