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It's a fast-paced world out there...

“STRUGGLING WITH HONESTY”: Federal Judge Brutally Sanctions TCPA Attorney Amy L.B. Ginsburg for A.I. Use– And If You’re a Lawyer Using Gen Ai for Substantive Legal Work You Better Listen Up

TRUSTWORTHY?: Podium Corporation Out of Case on Jurisdictional Grounds– But Did They Cause a TCPA Lawsuit and then Try to Walk Away?

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GAME OVER: Court Denies Motion To Dismiss VPPA Claims Against Gaming Website Over Google Tag Video-Viewing Disclosures

MESSY BUT GOOD: Texas Court Holds TCPA Does not Apply to Text Messages… Sort of

UPDATED 2026 DEFENSE-SIDE POWER RANKINGS: Here are the Best TCPA Defense Firms and Best TCPA Attorneys in the Nation

CRINGE: GoodVets Veterinary Services LLC Hires #BigLaw– Loses Critical TCPA Argument to a Lady With No Lawyer (When Will It End?)

SOMEONE WAS LOOKING FOR YOU: Court Grants Early Discovery to Identify “Insurance Enterprise USA” and the User of Toll Free Number (888) 350-6605

Nathen Barton Wins a Jury Trial….

PRETTY SIMPLE: Allegations of Generic Messages With the Same Content Sufficient to State Prerecorded Call Claim

BRING RECEIPTS: Court “Troubled” that TCPA Plaintiff and Defense Counsel Are Telling Different Stories and Its a Little Weird

ARE YOU IN GOOD HANDS? Allstate Stands Victorious Against Vicarious Liability Claims

CASE DISMISSED: Texas Court Finds 227(b) Did Not Apply to Text Messages

CLASS CERTIFICATION DENIED: Court Says Unsigned Declaration And Unresolved Consent Defense Sink Do Not Call Class

SAME MESSAGE. SAME NUMBER. SAME RESULTS: Kansas District Court Finds Repeated Generic Voicemails Sufficient To Plead A TCPA Prerecorded Voice Claim

ANOTHER PIXEL CLASS ACTION FAILS: Court Holds Consent, Standing, and Data Collection Questions Defeat Class Certification

FAILED ATTEMPT!: Court Denies Defendant’s Request to Inspect Devices in TCPA Case But That Shouldn’t Have Happened

NOT AT HOME IN CALIFORNIA: Court Dismisses TCPA Vendor From Third-Party Suit For Lack Of Personal Jurisdiction

COMPLIANCE WITH THE ESI ORDER IS A MUST: Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Discovery Responses Granted

HOLY SANCTIONS!: GenAI Sanctions Come To The TCPAWorld – Court Publicly Reprimands TCPA Plaintiff’s Attorney Amy Ginsburg of Ginsburg Law Group

Announcement of Resources by CalPrivacy

TOYOTA WINS MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION: Court Holds Dealer Need Not Be Named Individually Where Agreement Expressly Grants Rights to ‘Participating Dealers’ as Third-Party Beneficiaries

STALEMATE: Another Court Finds Texts Are Calls– But The Map Hasn’t Changed in A While

TEXTS ARE CALLS: W.D. Texas Magistrate Recommends Partial Default Judgment And Modest Damages Under The TCPA’s Do-Not-Call Rules

$30,000,000.00 MISTAKE?: Liberty Mutual Loses Massive Certification Order in TCPA Case After Buying Leads from All Web Leads– And It Never Should Have Happened

BOILERPLATE BACKFIRE: Court Compels Discovery In TCPA DNC Case And Awards Fees, Rejecting Spoofing Defense To Discoverability

GENERATED, FILED, SANCTIONED: Tennessee District Court Issues Significant Sanctions Against Lawyers Using GenAI

THE CONSEQUENCES OF SPOOFING: Ninth Circuit Upholds Nearly $10M FCC Forfeiture For Spoofed Robocalls Under TICIDA

INTENT DETERMINES MARKETING UNDER TCPA: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Home Buyer’s Intent to Sell Potential Leads to Real Estate Brokerage Makes a Call Actionable Under TCPA’s Marketing Provisions

BIGGER IN TEXAS: El Paso Federal Court Awards Brandon Callier $530,905.00 Default Judgment in TCPA/TBCC Case

TARGETED, NOT RANDOM: Magistrate Recommends Summary Judgment For Debt Collector On TCPA ATDS And FDCPA Claims

ANOTHER CRITICAL COMMENT: R.E.A.C.H. Urges Commission to Stop Carrier Call Blocking And Mislabeleing– Assure Ready Access to Numbering Resources for

MAXIMUS PAYOUT: Maximus Education, LLC To pay $3,000,000.00 to End Wrong Number Robocall TCPA Class Action With Mr. Number One Himself

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AFTER HOURS: Alleged Midnight Miller Light Golf Attire Text Message Lands Molson Coors in a TCPA Class Action in Texas

PROTESTS TOO MUCH: Court Denies TCPA Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Subpoenas to Banks–And There’s a Reason Behind It