TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: HOLLYWOOD (AFFY!), PRAISE for Puja, and I Just Interviewed Josh Swigart for Deserve to Win (Ep. 6) And OH MAN….

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So just got done recording Episode 6 of Deserve to Win. Everyone is watching this thing. SO MUCH ENGAGEMENT.

Indeed, we’re just killing it right now with momentum. So much engagement now that Queenie is back in the saddle. Check out some of the sweet things being said about Puja joining the firm:

“What should not be overlooked… is the depth of [Puja’s] expertise and her passion for working with the Czar (Eric Troutman) to create a very unique law firm.  Her in-house experience informs her highly valuable litigation and pre-litigation compliance advice.  She joins the 100% commitment of the Czar to provide broad business advice and expert technical legal guidance to the firm’s clients and to the industry (including lawmakers). The past is marked with brightness, everything from Puja’s litigation work, her in-house work, and Eric’s departure from big law to create what is the now famous Troutman Firm. With that sort of past, the brightness of the future will exceed all expectations.  Look out (TCPA) world!  Congratulations!”

-Credit Union GC

Of course we got a ton of “Excellent Puja! The dream team!” and “Congratulations Puja J. Amin and Eric and Troutman Firm.  What a powerhouse combination!” and the like. But the longer one was really incredibly thoughtful and meaningful.

Jumping back to Deserve to Win, there was just something EXTRA special about this interview.

We talked Marks for a while. You HAVE to hear this story actually. Turns out Josh and Abbas–who represented Marks–wanted out of that case so bad, but the defendant absolutely refused to settle the case–even on an individual basis. So they took the case all the way… and broke the TCPA as we knew it.

Of course that damage was eventually undone in Facebook, but my goodness the HUBRIS. 

We talked about of other fun stuff too, but mostly CIPA, CIPA, CIPA.

Turns out Josh is ALL IN on these web session replay cases. And this guy is like a weather vane. If he’s bringing these things, you can expect them to catch fire.

In fact–DID YOU KNOW, my VERY FIRST TCPA class action was against Josh?

Indeed, I landed my first ever TCPA class action because Josh returned my call when he wouldn’t return another lawyer’s call. You’ll love this story–we break it down on the podcast.

No surprise we just obtained cipaworld.com. 

No, I’m not kidding. Site will be up soon. With the addition of Puja Troutman Firm is moving heavily into defending these suits (along with the Czar’s core TCPA class action defense, of course) and we’ll be looking to provide a resource to the industry just like we have with TCPAWorld.

Separately, Episode 6 will be out sometime in the near future. More details soon!

Last, its kind of a DEAD zone for conferences right now BUT I am SUPER EXCITED for Affy this weekend! Amazing time will be had by all. We’ll be there IN HOLLYWOOD starting Sunday. Queenie, Baroness, the Dame and the Czar along with TONS of swag. Doesn’t get much better than that.

Be sure to swing by and say hello. We love selfies and signing autographs. Chat soon.

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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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