RE-VISITING SEN. BRIDGES’ HUGE UNPRECEDENTED PODCAST PERFORMANCE AT LGW

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So I was re-listening to the podcast interview with Col. Sen. Jeff Bridges  over the weekend(oh hush—like your weekend was so much more exciting) and I was struck by how germane his closing thoughts were. Although a ton of you have listened to the podcast—and a huge number of you saw this thing live—I thought it was worth writing this out for you all to digest:

Relying on Congress to pass something right now is just not a place that I think most state legislators are comfortable waiting for. I understand the argument about a patchwork, and that would be a much more reasonable argument if we could have faith in the federal government to take any sort of action at all…

But I will say is that while politics in DC is disheartening and disappointing and disillusioning, in Colorado, and I’d say in most states at the state level, we actually work together. 96% of the bills that we passed last session were bi-partisan bills. And 2/3 of the bills we passed had support from half of all of the Republicans in the Legislature. So we are overwhelmingly working together at the state level to just pass the best bills that we possibly can. And the best bills come from conversation, they comes from stake holding, they come from having you all at the table, invested in the conversation, invested in finding a solution that works, and I invite you into that conversation anytime.

Notice how Senator Bridges identifies precisely why more state-level regulation and legislation is likely—as the federal lawmaking process grinds to a partisan halt the states must take up the mantle of primary lawbringers—and precisely why YOUR voice in the process is needed now more than ever. If the TCPA is struck down by SCOTUS you can bet your bottom dollar legislatures across the country will be working on replacement bills–and you can’t afford to be left out of the process.

Those of you following TCPAWorld.com for any length of time understand how and why the solution to the Robocall epidemic is not the TCPAand how and why participation in the political process is so essential to fight back against those special interest groups that are slandering the names of legitimate American businesses. It was great to hear Sen. Bridges invite all of you to the table. I wanted to make sure you all heard his message.

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Published by Eric J. Troutman

The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 70 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.

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