Skip to content
TCPAWorld

TCPAWorld

The World of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Search
  • LEAD GEN RESOURCES
  • FACEBOOK Ruling Resource Page
  • The Developments That Rocked TCPAWorld
  • Contact the Team
  • LEAD GEN RESOURCES
  • FACEBOOK Ruling Resource Page
  • The Developments That Rocked TCPAWorld
  • Contact the Team

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

Subscribe to continue reading

Subscribe to get access to the rest of this post and other subscriber-only content.

Already a subscriber?
6Aug 2026
Add a comment

MASSIVE WIN!: Court Holds No Caller ID Requirement for SMS– Finds Free Form Opt Out Insufficient to Prevent Further Texts

Huge win today against a guy with two first names. David Tom saw his TCPA dreams go down the drain…

5Aug 2026
Add a comment

TCPA ADVANTAGE?: AiAdvatage to Settle TCPA Class Action For $3,000,000.00

Another day, another wrong number TCPA class action settlement to talk about. In Knox v. Maximus Education, LLC, dba Aidvantage,…

Uncategorized

girl dad loading…

20 Apr 202615 Jun 2026
God help me.  
Uncategorized

SHELTON’S NUMBER NOT ON DNC?: Court Tosses TCPA Class Action Suit After Shelton Fails to Prove His Number Was on the DNC List to Begin With

5 Aug 20266 Aug 2026
Wait, repeat TCPA litigator James Shelton's number isn't on the DNC list? That's the surprising finding reached by a court in Shelton v. EMPWR Solar 2026 WL 2244025 (E.D. Pa. Aug4,…
Uncategorized

NOT AN AUTODIALER: Court Tosses “Click and Pause” Suit– Finds Systems That Store Numbers and Dial Cannot Be an ATDS Under TCPA

4 Aug 20265 Aug 2026
TCPA suits are up big in 2026 but the number of ATDS (Autodialer) lawsuits being filed this year are near an all time low. There's a reason. Courts across the…
Uncategorized

(DROP!!!) Deserve to Win 44– CEOs Ron Allen, Derek Oberholtzer and Mark Mitchell Join to Discuss new ERA of SONERA!

3 Aug 20265 Aug 2026
New format, new rules, awesome guests. This thing is stacked and awesome! New Deserve to Win podcast out today and we are breaking down the huge combination of Contact Center…
Uncategorized

PAYING FOR IT: The Money Source Lives Up To Its Name– Agrees to Pay $1.5MM to Settle TCPA Suit Involving Robocalls After Stop Requests

3 Aug 20264 Aug 2026
Back in May of last year a TCPA class action was certified against the Money Source, Inc. related to robocalls placed to consumers after they had said stop. While it…
Uncategorized

BALANCED OUT?: TCPA Class Actions Drop in June, 2026 YOY For the First Time Since November– Is it Fall Out From SMS Discord?

3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026
For years now people have been asking me when TCPA class action filings will peak. Well folks, we may have our answer. June, 2026 saw 250 TCPA filings and 191 TCPA…
Uncategorized

NEW DESERVE TO WIN PODCAST IN THE CAN– Episode 44 With Sonera, Contact Center Compliance and PureCallerID CEOs Drops Monday!

30 Jul 20263 Aug 2026
Yesterday TCPAWorld helped break the news that Contact Center Compliance and PureCallerID are joining forces to become Sonera-- a pretty cool solution that helps folks get compliant calls through both…
Uncategorized

WHAT IF?: What If Media Group Sued in TCPA Class Action– But Have they Figured Out How To Send CNAM With SMS?

30 Jul 20263 Aug 2026
So What If Media Group has made some negative TCPA headlines lately-- but a new TCPA class action against the company may show that it is actually doing one thing…
Uncategorized

WAIT WHAT?: Contact Center Compliance and Pure Caller ID and Merge to Form SONERA– and This is Big News for the Industry

29 Jul 202630 Jul 2026
Its not secret that Troutman Amin, LLP and Contact Center Compliance are close allies. CCC commonly sponsors Troutman Amin, LLP events and was the premium sponsor of the Troutman Amin,…
Uncategorized

WINRED WINS!: Court Finds WinRed Not Responsible for Illegal Texts Sent By Political Campaigns That Were “Powered by WinRed.”

29 Jul 202630 Jul 2026
Political contribution machine WinRed escaped potential TCPA trouble in Michigan his week with a court determining it is not responsible for illegal messages sent by political campaigns-- even those seemingly…
Uncategorized

MARKETING TEXT MESSAGES MAY NOT TRIGGER THE TCPA’S DO NOT CALL RULES—BUT THEY DEFINITELY TRIGGER THESE CRITICAL STATE TELEMARKETING LAWS

28 Jul 2026
While Stendingr and certain district court decisions may significantly reduce federal TCPA DNC exposure for manually sent marketing texts, many states expressly regulate text messages—even sent manually. Accordingly, businesses considering…
Uncategorized

TROUTMAN AMIN, LLP DELIVERS ANOTHER FANTASTIC RESULT– SAVES SMALL BUSINESS FROM POTENTIAL BANKRUPTCY FOLLOWING DARING TCPA RESCUE MISSION

28 Jul 2026
Troutman Amin, LLP has delivered repeated stellar results for clients over the years, but perhaps its greatest feat was stepping in to rescue All Season Solar from a complete TCPA…
Uncategorized

MASSIVE TCPA DISCOVERY ORDER: Court Orders Healthcare Company To Produce Every Wrong Number Code, Flag, And Field Across Every Outbound Campaign

28 Jul 20264 Aug 2026
Hi TCPAWorld! In Mitchelmore v. AdaptHealth Corp., No. 4:25-cv-3642, 2026 WL 2151154 (S.D. Tex. July 1, 2026), the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted in…
Uncategorized

LOOSE LANGUAGE: Health Choice Now Loses Arbitration Bid in TCPA Claim Involving C4R and What If Media Group Websites Because of Surprisingly Sloppy Wording

28 Jul 202629 Jul 2026
The wording of disclosures matters. Weird to say in a world where people use GenAI slop to suffice as terms and conditions. But if you expect a court to actually…
Uncategorized

TWO DAY TRIAL– $1,000.00 VERDICT: How Silent Calls and Secret Recordings Lead to a Tiny Recovery in Nevada TCPA Trial

28 Jul 202629 Jul 2026
We hear a lot about the huge risk posed by TCPA class litigation but the inverse can also be true-- when a TCPA case is tried on an individual basis…
Uncategorized

DROP (Full Ep.) Deserve to Win 43– NEW Podcast Studio/Format! TCPA , Vivek Shah, Nathen Barton and More!

27 Jul 202628 Jul 2026
Well folks the future is here! The Deserve to Win podcast crew has been working hard to bring you a BRAND NEW experience The team unveils their new podcast studio--…
Uncategorized

LENDING TREE SUED AGAIN!: Tree Allegedly “Bombard[ed]” Consumer With Unwanted Text Messages and I’m Sort of Worried About Them At This Point

27 Jul 202628 Jul 2026
LendingTree's QuoteWizard recently paid $19MM to settle a TCPA class action arising out of unwanted text messages. But if the allegations of a new class action lawsuit are to be…
Uncategorized

NO ESCAPE: Court Enforces TCPA Subpoenas Against Nonparties Who Evaded The Process Server

24 Jul 2026
Hi TCPAWorld! In Starling v. Navlan PR, LLC, Misc. No. 26-129 (FAB), 2026 WL 2070277 (D.P.R. July 17, 2026), the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico…
Uncategorized

$10MM DOWN THE DRAIN: Court Grants Final Approval to Gen Digital’s $9,950,000 TCPA Settlement Disaster

24 Jul 202627 Jul 2026
Gen Digital was just hammered in a TCPA class action settlement to the tune of nearly $10MM-- with over $3.3MM going to the plaintiff's lawyers. In Jackson v. Gen Digital,…
Uncategorized

TCPA LITIGATOR SUED FOR FRAUD!: Court Allows Fraud Claim to Proceed Against Consumer Who Applied for Health Coverage After Receiving allegedly Unwanted Calls

23 Jul 202627 Jul 2026
TCPA litigators will often trick and deceive callers in an effort to determine who is placing the calls and set up a TCPA lawsuit. Well one medicare provider recently countersued…
Uncategorized

WRONG ARGUMENT: Dickey’s Barbecue Loses Motion to Dismiss in DNC SMS TCPA Case– But Not the One You’d Expect

23 Jul 202624 Jul 2026
TCPAWorld has been broadly covering the hottest trend in TCPA litigation-- courts determining that SMS messages are not calls for TCPA DNC purposes. Well Dickey's Barbecue was just sued in…
Uncategorized

TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: The Odyssey, All 30 MLB stadiums Ranked, Deserve to win podcast

22 Jul 202623 Jul 2026
It wasn't 20 years, but the Czar has been on the road much of the last 45 days. Today, at long last I return to my beloved Ithaca.. er, Irvine.…
Uncategorized

ASE UPDATE!: Brittany Andres–the Barroness– to Speak LIVE at ASE NY Next Week!

22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026
So Affiliate Summit East is next week in New York City and, of course, the most trusted law firm in the lead generation community--Troutman Amin, LLP-- will be making an…
Uncategorized

REMEMBER TO STAY!: Court Grants Stay of Discovery Pending Arbitration Motion Determination– and This is an Important Technique to Keep In Mind

22 Jul 202623 Jul 2026
Compelling arbitration can be one of the most powerful weapons in your class action defense arsenal. Not only can success on the motion destroy the class action-- even if you…
Uncategorized

VIVEK LIMITED: Yes, Vivek Shah Has Been Found a Vexatious Litigant. No, that doesn’t mean he Can’t Ever Sue Again– Here’s What It Does Mean

22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026
Was out yesterday and, of course, some big news broke. Vivek Shah-- the king of CIPA shakedown demands--have been declared a vexatious litigant by a federal district court in California.…
Uncategorized

JUSTICE IS SERVED: Vivek Shah Declared a Vexatious Litigant!

21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026
Hi TCPAWorld! Twenty-nine lawsuits in under five years. Seven nearly identical complaints in seven months. And almost none of them ever saw the inside of a courtroom before the plaintiff…
Express Consent

PENNSYLVANIA SB 992: Signed by the Governor

21 Jul 2026
I wrote about this topic a week ago; now it is official.  And as no shock to anyone with a functioning brain, Governor Shapiro has signed Senate Bill 992 into…
Uncategorized

“GET MORE INFO” IS NOT AN AGREEMENT: Northern District of California Rejects Arbitration Based On Ambiguous Website Design

21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026
Hi TCPAWorld! While businesses increasingly rely on online agreements to bind users to arbitration provisions, a recent decision out of the Northern District of California serves as another reminder that…
Uncategorized

DISCOVERY DENIED!: Court Shields Non-Lead State AGs From Depositions In Massive Multi-State Telecom Lawsuit

17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026
Hi TCPAWorld! The Dame here with a massive procedural win for the state attorneys general litigating the massive multi-state lawsuit against Avid Telecom. A federal court in Arizona just denied…
Express Consent…

THE FUTURE OF ADS PERSONALIZATION: Targeting Efficiency in an Age of Consent Signals and Cookie Reversals

17 Jul 2026
For six years, the advertising industry planned a funeral. The guest of honor declined to attend. What follows is a practitioner’s map of where personalization actually stands now that the…
Uncategorized

REFUNDED AND DISMISSED: Court Dismisses TCPA Vicarious Liability Claim After Insurer Returns Policy Proceeds

16 Jul 2026
Hi TCPAWorld! In Aguilar v. Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Co., No. H-25-4990, 2026 WL 2033141 (S.D. Tex. July 14, 2026), the United States District Court for the Southern District of…
Uncategorized

TEXTS AREN’T CALLS!: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Definitively Text Messages Are Not Telephone Calls for TCPA DNC Purposes– And Now the Whole Nation Will Take Notice

15 Jul 202622 Jul 2026
TCPAWorld has been following the story from the start-- text messages may no longer be covered by the TCPA following a recent Supreme Court ruling setting aside much of the…
ATDS/Human Intervention…

TEXTS ARE NOT CALLS: Seventh Circuit Becomes the First Federal Court of Appeals to Hold Text Messages Are Not “Telephone Calls” Under TCPA Section 227(c)(5), and the Map Just Changed in a BIG Way

15 Jul 202615 Jul 2026
Greetings TCPAWorld! Huge, huge news out of Chicago. The seesaw battle we have been tracking just tilted hard toward the defense bar. In Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services, No. 25-2398,…
Express Consent

PENNSYLVANIA SB 992: What Business Leaders Need to Know About the New Telemarketing Law

14 Jul 202614 Jul 2026
Some years ago I sat down to a Sunday dinner at my in-laws’ table, good china out, food about to be had, when my phone lit up with a friendly…

Posts navigation

Older posts

WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE TO TCPAWORLD.COM ALREADY?

We know you love the site, so why not follow us already? Enter your email address to be among the first to receive the TCPA news and views you love. There's no downside--no advertising, no spam, no nonsense. Just awesome TCPA fun. posts by email.

Our Amazing Contributors

  • 1 Alina Gonzalez
  • 1 Brittany Andres
  • 1 Chris Deatherage
  • 1 Iryna Chapelska
  • 1 Keerti Jaya
  • 1 Kelly Sandberg
  • 1 Blake Landis
  • 1 Olga Koroleva
  • 1 Oliver Shapiro
  • 1 Puja "Queenie" Amin
  • 1 William Fife III
  • 1 Danielle Cuevas
  • 1 Steven L. Rozenfeld
  • 1 Eric "Czar" Troutman
  • 1 Tori Guidry
  • 1 Victoria Lalande
  • 1 William Craddick

About TCPAWorld

TCPAworld.com isn’t just a blog, its a lifestyle obsession for those that eat, sleep, and breathe the TCPA like we do.

We’ll break all the TCPA news–usually before anyone else does–with witty and informative articles that break the mold of stuffy law firm analysis. Yet the analysis you’ll find will always be dead on and steeped in our decades of combined TCPA defense experience.

We do it all for free- no advertisements (other than shameless plugs for my law firm).

The opinions expressed in content on TCPAworld are solely those of the authors and contributors that share their content here.

All content copyright Eric J. Troutman, except that contributors retain license to use and re-publish their works.

All other rights reserved. Forever and ever, and all that.

Contact: troutman@troutmanamin.com

400 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 1550

Irvine, CA 92618

(949) 350-3663

  • LEAD GEN RESOURCES
  • FACEBOOK Ruling Resource Page
  • The Developments That Rocked TCPAWorld
  • Contact the Team
WordPress.com.
Loading Comments...